Arise, yes, you shall arise

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by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Auferstehn

(Sung text for setting by C. Bach)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

  Auferstehn, ja, auferstehn wirst du, 
Mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh!
Unsterblichs Leben 
Wird, der dich schuf, dir geben! 
Gelobt sei Er. 

 ... 

  Wie den Träumenden wirds dann mir seyn! 
Mit Jesu geh ich ein 
Zu seinen Freuden! 
Der müden Wanderers Leiden 
Sind dann nicht mehr! 

  Ach, ins Allerheiligste führt mich 
Mein Mittler dann; lebt' ich 
Im Heiligthume, 
Zu seines Namens Ruhme.
In Ewigkeit.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4-5 of the original text.

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.

Composition:

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Die Auferstehung"

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-20
Line count: 25
Word count: 105

Resurrection

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Bach)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Arise, yes, you shall arise,
My dust, after a short rest!
He who created you, shall give you
Deathless life!
Praise be to Him.

 ... 

  I shall then be like those who dream!
With Jesus I shall enter 
Into His joys!
The sufferings of the weary wanderer's
Shall then be no more!

  Ah, into the holiest of holies my Intercessor
Shall then lead me; if I lived
In the sanctum,
To the glory of His name.
In eternity.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4-5 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

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