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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Der Tod und das Mädchen
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  AFR CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE IRI ITA SPA
Das Mädchen
 Vorüber! Ach, vorüber!
 Geh wilder Knochenmann!
 Ich bin noch jung, geh Lieber!
 Und rühre mich nicht an.

Der Tod
 Gib deine Hand, Du schön und zart Gebild!
 Bin Freund, und komme nicht, zu strafen.
 Sey gutes Muths! ich bin nicht wild,
 Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen!

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Confirmed with ASMUS omnia sua SECUM portans, oder Sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen, I. und II. Theil. Beym Verfasser, und in Commißion bey Fr. Perthes in Hamburg. [1774], page 199; and with Poetische Blumenlese Auf das Jahr 1775. Göttingen und Gotha bey Johann Christian Dieterich, page 157.

See also Josef von Spaun's response to Schubert's song: "Der Jüngling und der Tod".


Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Tod und das Mädchen" [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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