English translation of Auferstehung
by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Auferstehung", 1888-94, first performed 1895 [ soli, chorus, and orchestra ], from Symphony no. 2, no. 5Note: this is a translation of one multi-text setting.
Auferstehn, ja, auferstehn wirst du,
Mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh!
Unsterblichs Leben
Wird, der dich schuf, dir geben!
Halleluja!
Wieder aufzublühn werd ich gesät!
Der Herr der Erndte geht
Und sammelt Garben,
Uns ein, uns ein, die starben!
Halleluja!
... Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Die Auferstehung"
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Sammlung der besten deutschen prosaischen Schriftsteller und Dichter, Neun und zwanzigster Theil, Klopstocks Lieder, Carlsruhe: bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1776, pages 57-58.
Referenced in Matthisson's An Laura, als sie Klopstocks Auferstehungslied sang.
Note: in Mahler's setting of the first two stanzas, it is the soprano and chorus singing.
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Alt solo: O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube: Es geht dir nichts verloren! Dein ist, ja dein, was du gesehnt, Dein, was du geliebt, was du gestritten! Sopran solo: O glaube: Du wardst nicht umsonst geboren! Hast nicht umsonst gelebt, gelitten! Chor und Alt: Was entstanden ist, das muß vergehen! Was vergangen, auferstehen! Hör auf zu beben! Bereite dich zu leben! Sopran und Alt solo: O Schmerz! Du Alldurchdringer! Dir bin ich entrungen. O Tod! Du Allbezwinger! Nun bist du bezwungen! Mit Flügeln, die ich mir errungen, In heißem Liebesstreben Werd ich entschweben Zum Licht, zu dem kein Aug' gedrungen! Chor: Mit Flügeln, die ich mir errungen, Werd ich entschweben! Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben! Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n wirst du, Mein Herz, in einem Nu! Was du geschlagen, Zu Gott wird es dich tragen!
Text Authorship:
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
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Researcher for this page: John VersmorenAuthor(s): Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Arise, yes, you shall arise,
My dust, after a short rest!
He who created you, shall give you
Deathless life!
Halleluja!
I am sown so as to bloom anew!
The Lord of the harvest goes
And gathers the sheaves,
Gathers us in, us in, we who died!
Halleluja!
... Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Die Auferstehung"
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Auferstehen" = "Resurrection"
"Auferstehn" = "Resurrection"
"Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du" = "Arise, yes, you shall arise"
"Die Auferstehung" = "The resurrection"
Chorus and soprano: Arise, yes, you shall rise again my dust, after a short rest! He who called you will give you eternal life. You are sown to blossom anew. The lord of the harvest strides And gathers sheaves ... us who have passed away. Alto solo: Oh believe, my heart, believe: Nothing will get lost! What you have longed for is yours! Yours, what you have loved, what you have strived for! Soprano solo: Oh believe: you were not born in vain! You have not lived, suffered to no avail! Chorus and alto: What has come into being must go! What is gone must rise again! Stop quaking! Be willing to live! Soprano and alto solo: Oh pain! You all-penetrating power! I am wrested from you! Oh death! You all-conquering power! You are vanquished at last! With wings that I have gained in a fervent striving for love I shall rise to a light which no eye has ever seen! Chorus: With wings that I have gained I shall rise! I shall die to live! Arise, yes, you shall rise again, my heart, in no time! What you have beaten to God it will bear you!
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Translation © by Sharon Krebs, Bertram Kottmann