All Souls' Day | The bells of All Souls' Day are ringing

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by Otto Kimmig (1858 - 1913), as Peter Sirius

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Allerseelen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Allerseelenglocken klingen,
Hinaus zu Gräbern wallt die Welt;
Leis regt die Trauer ihre Schwingen,
Ihr ist die Liebe zugesellt.

Denkst, Mensch, du derer, die dir fehlen,
O denk' auch dessen, was dir blieb --
Leis laß dich mahnen Allerseelen:
Die dir noch leben, hab' sie lieb!

Confirmed with Fliegende Blätter, CXI. Band (1899), Nro. 2831, page 212.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Kimmig (1858 - 1913), as Peter Sirius, "Allerseelen" [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 Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "Allerseelen", op. 7 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 4, published c1910 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fritz Schuberth jr. [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "All Souls' Day", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-30
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All Souls' Day

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The bells of All Souls' Day are ringing,
The world makes it way out to the graves;
Sorrow quietly moves its wings,
Love has aligned itself with [sorrow].

Human, if you think of those whom you miss,
Oh think also of that which you still have --
Let All Souls' Day quietly admonish you:
Those who are still alive, love them!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Kimmig (1858 - 1913), as Peter Sirius, "Allerseelen"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-11
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Word count: 60