A Musical Note from Germany
- Holly
- Mar 23
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 24
Germany is a beautiful country, famous for bratwurst and sauerkraut, pretzels and beer, Black Forest cake and lebkuchen. There are castles and ancient cities woven through its long history, along with the sad part of its history from less than a century ago about their involvement in World War 2, with the Nazis and the Holocaust.
German is the twelfth most spoken language in the world, and just one of the many languages that we enjoy listening to music in in our studio. My adopted Oma, who sadly passed away a few weeks ago, was German, and I enjoyed learning a little bit of German with her.
This is a lovely song written by Klaus Hipke from HipkeMusic, called "Wenn Mich Angst Beschleicht". Scroll down for a rough translation of the words.
When Fear Creeps Up On Me
"When fear creeps up on me,
When the joy goes away,
When I don't have enough strength, I look for support.
When a lot of suffering happens,
When fear rules me,
When wrong becomes right, I look for support.
And at the end of my search, I meet You -
You are Life,
You are Love and Light,
You are the Way out of my fear;
With You I am not afraid
Because You are the Truth.
You are my God, I love You,
I love You, I love You.
You are my God, I love You.
When injustice torments me,
When one sows doubts,
When hope is missing, I look for support.
When night falls,
When the light goes out,
When I lose courage, I look for support.
And at the end of my search, I meet You
You are Life,
You are Love and Light,
You are the Way out of my fear;
With You I am not afraid
Because You are the Truth.
You are my God, I love You,
I love You.
Because I am convinced
That the suffering of this time
Is completely insignificant
Compared to glory
In Your present
In Your present
But when I see You,
How You rise
When I go to heaven, I find support
Because I know for sure
That I see You there,
And because I believe You, I find support
And at the end of my search, I meet You
You are Life
You are Love and Light
You are the Way out of my fear
With You I am not afraid
Because You are the Truth
You are my God, I love You,
I love You, I love You.
You are my God,
And with You I'm not afraid."
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