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Und kommt er nimmermehr?
Und kommt er nimmermehr?
Er ist todt, o weh!
In dein Totbett geh',
Er kommt dir nimmermehr.
Sein Bart war weiss wie Schnee,
Sein Haupt wie Flachs dazu.
Er ist hin, er ist hin,
Kein Trauern bringt Gewinn:
Mit seiner Seele Ruh'!
Und mit allen Christenseelen! darum bet' ich! --
Gott sei mit euch!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark, übersetzt von Karl Simrock, in: William Shakspear’s[sic] sämmtliche dramatische Werke in neuen Uebersetzungen, Leipzig: Georg Wigand’s Verlag, [no year], page 687
Note: according to The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss, ed. by Charles Youmans, Seeger is listed as the translator of Hamlet, but Seeger's translations are quite different. Simrock and Seeger are listed together as the translators for the ten-volume set.
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), no title, appears in Shakespeare in deutscher Übersetzung, in 6. Hamlet, first published 1868 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Seeger (1810 - 1864)
Based on:
- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Hamlet and possibly by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-24
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Word count: 59
En komt hij nimmer meer? En komt hij nimmer meer? Hij is dood, ’t is waar! Zoek je doodsbed maar, Hij zoekt jou nimmer meer. Zijn baard was wit als sneeuw, Zijn hoofd als vlas daarbij. Hij is weg, hij is weg, Houd op met treuren, zeg: In vrede ruste hij! - En ook alle christenzielen! Daarom bid ik: God zij met u!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), no title, appears in Shakespeare in deutscher Übersetzung, in 6. Hamlet, first published 1868 and misattributed to Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Seeger (1810 - 1864)
Based on:
- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Hamlet and possibly by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Go to the general view
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 63