Mon chemin est fini maintenant

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by Johann Siegfried (1564 - 1637)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Mein Weg geht jetzt vorüber

(Sung text for setting by A. Webern)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

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Mein Weg geht jetzt vorüber:
O Welt, was acht' ich dein? 
Der Himmel ist mir lieber,
Da muß ich fahren ein: 
Mich nicht zu sehr beladen
Weil ich wegfertig bin.
In Gottes Fried' und Gnaden
Fahr' ich mit Freud' dahin.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.

Composition:

Anton von Webern

Fünf geistliche Lieder

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Text Authorship:

by Johann Siegfried (1564 - 1637), "Sterbe-Lied"

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ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Jeroen Scholten , Melanie Trumbull , Dr Siglind Bruhn

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Mon chemin est fini maintenant

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Webern)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of Webern's version of the text (stanza 2)

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Siegfried (1564 - 1637), "Sterbe-Lied"
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