December | The sunless dawning of these days

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by Wally Kositschek-Bromek

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Dezember

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Das sonnenlose dämmern dieser Tage
Ist voll geheimer Güte. Alles Weh, 
Das Licht und Wärme scheut, und alle Klage 
Wird nebelzart, frostkühl und lind wie Schnee.

Wie aufgelockert sind die harten Herzen,
Und auf dem allerärmsten Angesicht
Liegt es wie Glanz von blauen Weihnachtskerzen.
Ja, selbst das tiefste Dunkel träumt von Licht!

Und keiner ist, der sich so sehr verloren, 
Daß er diesen Tagen nicht erwacht,
In jedem Herzen wird der Christ geboren,
Und jeder feiert seine heilige Nacht.

Text Authorship:

by Wally Kositschek-Bromek [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

by Ján Móry (1892 - 1978), "Dezember", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1929) [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Verlag von Ries und Erler [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "December", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-30
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Word count: 79

December

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The sunless dawning of these days
Is full of secret benevolence. All woe
That shuns light and warmth, and all lamenting
Becomes delicate as mist, frost-cool and mild as snow.

The hard hearts are as if loosened,
And upon the poorest of all faces
There lies a radiance as of blue Christmas candles.
Yes, even the deepest darkness dreams of light!

And there is no one who has so lost himself
That he does not waken to these days,
Christ is born in every heart,
And everyone celebrates his holy night.

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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-30
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Word count: 91