Wq 216
Composer |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
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Key |
D major |
Meter |
2/4 |
Tempo |
Allegro |
English translation |
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Proclaim, fortunate Hamburg, |
with festive and joyous sounds, |
that pleasure your heart feels, |
which you so rightly celebrate. |
See the blessed lights of your gods, |
see the first lights of day |
that brighten around you. |
So in the fiery season |
sweet rain mercifully comes |
to revive the land. |
After the cruel nocturnal horror |
so the sun’s life-giving splendor |
streams out to gladden the world. |
Your joy, your esteem |
will make you ever preserve |
the memory of the blessed scene. |
Translation © 2015 by Laura Buch |