| Sonja Lorenz - Lied in drei Strophen: Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen, ... |
| deutscher Lied-Text 1 | english text |
| Wem Gott
will rechte Gunst erweisen, den schickt er in die weite Welt, dem will er seine Wunder weisen in Berg und Tal und Strom und Feld. |
When God wishes to show true favour to someone, he sends him out into the wide world and points out his miracles in mountain and wood and river and field. |
| Vokabular | |
| die Gunst = favour |  |
| jemandem seine Gunst erweisen = to show sympathy to someone (not used anymore) | |
| das Wunder = miracle | |
| schicken = to send | |
| weit = far | |
| weisen = to show, to teach | |
| der Berg = mountain | |
| das Tal = valley | |
| der Strom = stream | |
| das Feld = field | |
| deutscher Lied-Text 2 | english text |
| Die Bächlein
von den Bergen springen, die Lerchen schwirren hoch vor Lust, was sollt' ich nicht mit ihnen singen aus voller Kehl und frischer Brust. |
The brook springs out of the mountains, the larks zip high with pleasure; is there anything I should not sing with them with full throat and fresh spirit? |
| Vokabular | |
| der Bach = brook | |
| das Bächlein = Diminutive: little brook | |
| die Lerche = lark | |
| die Kehle = throat | |
| die Brust = breast | |
| singen = to sing | |
| schwirren = to fly without destination | |
| die Lust = joy, pleasure | |
| deutscher Lied-Text 3 | english text |
| Den lieben
Gott laß ich nur walten; der Bächlein, Lerchen, Wald und Feld und Erd' und Himmel will erhalten, hat auch mein Sach' aufs Best' bestellt. |
Let dear God alone prevail; He sustains the brook, the larks, the wind and field, and the earth and sky; and he has also ordered my life for the best. |
| Vokabular | |
| walten = to administer | |
| erhalten = to maintain | |
| die Sache = thing | |
| das Beste = the best | |
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