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Zum neuen Jahr
German source:
Eduard Mörike
Ein Engelein leise
Mit rosigen Füssen
Die Erde betritt,
So nahte der Morgen.
Jauchzt ihm, ihr Frommen,
Ein heilig Willkommen!
Ein heilig Willkommen,
Herz, jauchze du mit!
In ihm sei's begonnen,
Der Monde und Sonnen
An blauen Gezelten
Des Himmels bewegt.
Du, Vater, du rate!
Lenke du und wende!
Herr, dir in die Hände
Sei Anfang und Ende,
Sei alles gelegt!
A poem for the New Year
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Secretly and softly
Alights on earth
With rosy feet,
So the morning dawned.
Rejoice, you gentle souls, with
A holy welcome!
A holy welcome,
O heart, rejoice as well!
May the New Year begin in Him,
Who moves
Moons and suns
In the blue firmament.
O Father, counsel us!
Lead us and guide us!
Lord, let all things,
Beginning and End,
Be entrusted into Thy keeping!
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Zum neuen Jahr
German source:
Eduard Mörike
A poem for the New Year
English source:
Richard Stokes
Wie heimlicher Weise
Just as a cherub,
Ein Engelein leise
Secretly and softly
Mit rosigen Füssen
Alights on earth
Die Erde betritt,
With rosy feet,
So nahte der Morgen.
So the morning dawned.
Jauchzt ihm, ihr Frommen,
Rejoice, you gentle souls, with
Ein heilig Willkommen!
A holy welcome!
Ein heilig Willkommen,
A holy welcome,
Herz, jauchze du mit!
O heart, rejoice as well!
In ihm sei's begonnen,
May the New Year begin in Him,
Der Monde und Sonnen
Who moves
An blauen Gezelten
Moons and suns
Des Himmels bewegt.
In the blue firmament.
Du, Vater, du rate!
O Father, counsel us!
Lenke du und wende!
Lead us and guide us!
Herr, dir in die Hände
Lord, let all things,
Sei Anfang und Ende,
Beginning and End,
Sei alles gelegt!
Be entrusted into Thy keeping!
Composer
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…
Poet
Eduard Mörike
Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet. Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike (d. 1817), a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer. He attended the Latin school at Ludwigsburg, and the…