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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

V Motette
 (Sung text for setting by H. Nägeli)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FIN FRE
Der Mensch lebt und bestehet
Nur eine kleine Zeit;
Und alle Welt vergehet
Mit ihrer Herrlichkeit.
Nur Einer, der ist ewig und an allen Enden,
Und wir in Seinen Händen.

Und der ist allwißend.
Erstes Chor. Halleluja!
Und der ist heilig.
Zweites Chor. Halleluja!
Und der ist allmächtig.
Drittes Chor. Halleluja!
Ist barmherzig.

Alle Chöre.
Ist barmherzig   --   Hallelujah! Amen! 
Ehre seinem großen Namen!
Hallelujah! Amen!

Composition:

    Set to music by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "V Motette", published c1830 [ four-part men's chorus ], in XV Motetten für den Männerchor, Zürich: bey Hans Georg Nägeli

Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Mensch lebt und bestehet"

See other settings of this text.

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Mankind lives and thrives", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-12
Line count: 17
Word count: 77

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