by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845)
Come away, come away, death
Language: English
Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O prepare it! My part of death, no one so true Did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown: A thousand, thousand sighs to save, Lay me, O where Sad true lover never find my grave, To weep there!
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• D. Amram • D. Argento • M. Dring • V. Fine • W. Fortner • E. Korngold • J. Leguerney • S. WilkinsonV. Fine sets stanza 1
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act II, scene 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Line count: 16
Word count: 107
Komm herbey, komm herbey, Tod!
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Komm herbey, komm herbey, Tod!
Und versenk' in Cypressen den Leib.
Laß mich frey, laß mich frey, Noth!
Mich erschlägt ein holdseliges Weib.
Mit Rosmarin mein Leichenhemd,
O bestellt es!
Ob Lieb' ans Herz mir tödtlich kömmt,
Treu' hält es.
Keine Blum', keine Blum' süß,
Sey gestreut auf den schwärzlichen Sarg.
Keine Seel', keine Seel', grüß'
Mein Gebein, wo die Erd' es verbarg.
Um Ach und Weh zu wenden ab,
Bergt alleine
Mich, wo kein Treuer wall' ans Grab,
Und weine.
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• P. Cornelius • P. Cornelius • P. Cornelius • P. Cornelius • J. D'Alquen • C. LoeweAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with August Wilhelm Schlegel, Shakspeare's [sic] dramatische Werke , Zweyter Theil, Berlin: bei Johann Friedrich Unger, 1797, page 214.
Text Authorship:
- by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845), no title [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act II, scene 4
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 85