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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Friede sey um diesen Grabstein her!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA ITA
Friede sey um diesen Grabstein [her]1!
Sanfter Friede Gottes! Ach, sie haben
Einen guten Mann begraben,
Und mir war er mehr;

Träufte mir von Seegen, dieser Mann,
Wie ein [milder]2 Stern aus bessern Welten!
Und ich kann's ihm [nicht]3 vergelten,
Was er mir gethan.

Er entschlief; sie gruben ihn hier ein.
Leiser, süsser Trost, von Gott [gegeben]2,
Und ein Ahnden von dem ew'gen Leben
Düft' um sein Gebein!

Bis ihn Jesus Christus, groß und hehr!
[Freundlich]4 wird erwecken - ach, sie haben
[Einen guten Mann]5 begraben,
Und mir war er mehr.

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Confirmed with ASMUS omnia sua SECUM portans, oder Sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen, I. und II. Theil. Beym Verfasser, und in Commißion bey Fr. Perthes in Hamburg. [1774], pages 231-232.

First published in Der Deutsche, sonst Wandsbecker Bothe. Ao. 1773. No. 199. Dienstags, den 14ten December. The poem has there the subtitle "Im December, 1773".

1 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "hier"
2 omitted by Schubert
3 Claudius (Wandsbecker Bothe 1773): "nie"
4 Schubert: "Freundlich, freundlich"
5 Schubert (in the first and third repetition): "ihn"

Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Bey dem Grabe meines Vaters", written 1773, first published 1773 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Georg Jitschin , "Am Grabe meines Vaters", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Sulze & Galler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Bei dem Grabe meines Vaters", D 496 (1816) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Am Grabe meines Vaters", published 1803, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft V, no. 38 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bij het graf van mijn vader", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At the grave of my father", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sur la tombe de mon père", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Scenda la pace", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sulla tomba di mio padre", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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