From Dank-Hymne der Freundschaft, H 824e, Part I
Composer |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
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Key |
G major |
Meter |
4/4 |
German text |
English translation |
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Von dir, auf den, was lebet, sieht, |
All that lives, sees, |
wird keines übersehn. |
none of them will be overlooked by you. |
Du hörst so wie des Seraphs Lied |
You listen to the seraph’s song |
des kleinsten Wurmes Flehn. |
as well as the supplication of the tiniest worm. |
Translation © 2013 by Ulrich Leisinger |