Auf diesem Felsen bauen wir

Auf diesem Felsen bauen wir
Die Kirche von dem dritten,
Dem dritten neuen Testament;
Das Leid ist ausgelitten.

Vernichtet ist das Zweierlei,
Das uns so lang betöret;
Die dumme Leiberquälerei
Hat endlich aufgehöret.

Hörst du den Gott im finstern Meer?
Mit tausend Stimmen spricht er.
Und siehst du über unserm Haupt
Die tausend Gotteslichter?

Der heilge Gott der ist im Licht
Wie in den Finsternissen;
Und Gott ist alles was da ist;
Er ist in unsern Küssen.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 7

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

by Richard Farber (1945-) , "Auf diesem Felsen bauen wir", 2006, published 2006. [tenor and piano]
by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Auf diesem Felsen bauen wir", 2007, published c2007-8 [high voice and piano], from Verschiedene : vol. 1, Seraphine-Hortense, no. 7.

ENG English (Emma Lazarus)

Date added to the website: 2007-10-19.

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Come, let us build upon this rock

Come, let us build upon this rock,
   The Church of God's last lover,
The third New Testament's revealed,
   The agony is over.

Refuted is the second book
   That fooled us through long ages.
The stupid torture of the flesh
   Is not for modern sages.

Hear'st thou the Lord in the dark sea,
   With thousand voices speaking?
See'st thou o'er head the thousand lights
   Of God's own glory breaking?

The holy God dwells in the light,
   As in the dark abysses.
For God is everything that is:
   His breath is in our kisses.

by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) , from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, published 1881

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 7

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

[ None yet in the database ]

Date added to the website: 2008-05-03.