O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod. Das Sterben, das aus jenem Leben geht, darin er Liebe hatte, Sinn und Not.
Vom Menschen : der Mensch lebt und bestehet
Song Cycle by Kurt Lissmann (1902 - 1983)
2. O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1903, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 3. Das Buch von der Armut und dem Tode, no. 6
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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
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
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