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Über die tausend Berge

Language: German

 Über die tausend Berge
 sollst du fliegen von Glück und Leid,
 über vieltausend Berge
 in Deine Ewigkeit.

 Lächelnd voll seliger Schmerzen
 derer, die drunten gehn,
 die unsrer wagenden Herzen
 Vogelglück nie verstehn.


Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Set in Finnish, a translation of V. Arti (Kaarlo Väinö Valve) (1885-1963) ENG FIN
Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
    * ENG English (Dave Benson) (Oliver Baettig)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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