Vom Tode

Oratorio by Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske (1916 - 1969)

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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Tod ist groß. 
Wir sind die Seinen
lachenden Munds. 
Wenn wir uns mitten im Leben meinen,
wagt er zu weinen
mitten in uns.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Conclusió", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "Conclusion", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Mathias Rüegg) , copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Finale", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Schnitter Tod

Language: German (Deutsch) 
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3. O Herr, gib jedem seinen eigenen Tod ...  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod.
Das Sterben, das aus jenem Leben geht,
darin er Liebe hatte, Sinn und Not.

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

  • ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Oh Lord, award to each his fitting death", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "O Lord", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Concedi a ognuno, o Dio, la sua propria morte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Stunden-Buch, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1908, p.86


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