by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

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!

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

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

  • AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Die Dood en die Meisie", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La Mort i la donzella", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De dood en het meisje", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Death and the Maiden", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Death and the Maiden", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La jeune fille et la mort", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "An Bás agus an Ainnir", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La Morte e la fanciulla", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "La Muerte y la Doncella", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 51