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Geistliche Lieder und Motetten für gemischten Chor

Song Cycle by August Scheide

14. Totensonntag  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn alles eben käme, 
wie du gewollt es hast,
und Gott dir gar nichts nähme 
und gäb dir keine Last,
wie wär's [da]1 um dein Sterben, 
du Menschenkind bestellt?
Du müsstest [gar]2 verderben, 
so lieb wär dir die Welt!

Nun fällt, eins nach dem andern, 
manch süßes Band dir ab,
und heiter kannst du wandern 
gen Himmel durch das Grab,
dein Zagen ist gebrochen, 
und deine Seele hofft;
dies ward schon oft gesprochen, 
doch spricht man's nie zu oft.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Trost"

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  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2025

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Confirmed with Karl Kinzel (Hrsg.), Gedichte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Halle a. S., 1894.

1 Knecht: "dann"
2 Pepping: "fast"

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