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by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826)

Selig die Toten
 (Sung text for setting by H. Schnaubelt)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Selig die Toten! Sie ruhen und rasten
von drückenden Sorgen, von quälenden Lasten,
vom Joche der Welt und der Tyrannei,
das Grab, das Grab macht allein nur frei.

Über der Erde, da walten die Sorgen,
im Schoße der Mutter ist jeder geborgen,
o Nacht des Todes, du bettest weich,
das Grab, das Grab macht allein nur gleich.

 ... 

Wieder uns finden und wieder umarmen!
und wieder am Herzen Geliebter erwarmen!
und ewig zu leben im süßen Verein,
das Grab, das Grab wird uns all' erfreu'n.

Composition:

    Set to music by Heinrich Schnaubelt (1814 - 1871), "Selig die Toten", op. 42 no. 26, published 1871, stanzas 1-2,4 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Lieder-Album für Männergesang, no. 26, Regensburg, Georg Joseph Manz

Text Authorship:

  • by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826), "Selig die Toten"

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