Ach, was ist Leben doch so schwer

Ach, was ist Leben doch so schwer, 
wann, was du lieb hast, ist nicht mehr: 
aber sei still; weil Gott es will! 

Ach, was ist Sterben doch so schwer, 
wann, was du lieb hast, weint umher: 
aber sei still; weil Gott es will! 

Ach, Leben, Sterben wär nicht schwer, 
wenn unser Herz nur stille wär.
Darum sie still, weil Gott es will.

Input by Virginia Knight

Authorship

by Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste von Schorn (1807-1869) , as Henriette Nordheim, title unknown

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

by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Sei stille", op. 71 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1881 [voice and piano], Breslau, Hainauer
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Sei still", S. 330 (1877-9), published 1879. [voice and piano]
by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822-1882) , "Sei still", op. 173 (8 Lieder) no. 8 (1868-70), published 1872. [voice and piano]

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Be still", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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