From Dank-Hymne der Freundschaft, H 824e, Part II
Composer |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
D major |
Meter |
3/4 |
Tempo |
Sanft |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Eine Weihrauchswolke wallet |
A cloud of incense billows |
um der Freundschaft Dankaltar. |
around friendship’s altar of thanksgiving. |
Ihre frohe Hymne schallet |
Its joyful hymn sounds |
dem, der ewig ist und war. |
to him who eternally is and was. |