Und kann nicht traurig sein,
Ist voller Freud’ und Singen,
Sieht lauter Sonnenschein.
Die Sonne, die mir lachet
Ist mein Herr Jesus Christ,
Das, was mich singen machet,
Ist, was im Himmel ist.
For comments on the author, Paul Gerhardt, see [Hymn 134].
The translation by Miss Winkworth appeared in her Lyra Germanica, first series, 1855.
Catherine Winkworth, an English poet, was the foremost translator of German chorales. She made a special study of the German hymns and hymn writers and is the author of Lyra Germanica, 1st. ser., 1855; 2d. ser., 1858; The Chorale Book for England, 1863; and Christian Singers of Germany, 1869. Twenty-five of her works are found in the Hymnary. She was a member of the Church of England.