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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Komm, süßer Tod

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Komm, süßer Tod,
Komm, [selige]¹ Ruh,
Komm, führ mich in Friede,
Weil ich der Welt bin müde!
Ach komm, ich wart' auf dich,
Komm bald und führe mich,
[Drück']² mir die Augen zu,
Komm, selige Ruh.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• K. Nystedt • E. Zeisl

K. Nystedt sets lines 1-3

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¹ Zeisl: "sel'ge"
² Zeisl: "Drücke"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Knut Nystedt (b. 1915), "Immortal Bach", 1988, lines 1-3 [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Komm, süßer Tod", op. 7 (Vier Gedichte für gemischten Chor (a capella)) no. 1 (1909), published 1912 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Komm süsser Tod", 1938 [ soprano and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Luise Haessler (1866 - ?) ; composed by Karl Weigl.

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

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

Vieni, morte dolce

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Vieni, morte dolce,
vieni, riposo beato,
vieni, conducimi in pace,
del mondo mi sono stancato!
Ah vieni, sono in attesa,
vieni, portami ora con te,
sugli occhi miei la tua mano posa,
riposo beato, discendi su me.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 37