Comme un combattant blessé à mort

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Letzte Bitte

(Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wie ein todeswunder Streiter, 
der den Weg verloren hat,
schwank' ich nun und kann nicht weiter,
von dem Leben sterbensmatt.
Nacht schon decket alle Müden,
und so still ist's um mich her, Herr, gib Frieden!
Herr, auch mir gib endlich Frieden,
denn ich wünsch' und hoff' nichts mehr!

Composition:

Hugo Wolf

Sechs geistliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, in Der Pilger, no. 5

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Final prayer", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Dernière requête

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Wolf)

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

Comme un combattant blessé à mort,
Qui a perdu son chemin,
Maintenant je chancelle et ne peux continuer,
Fatigué à mort par la vie.
Déjà la nuit recouvre toutes mes fatigues,
Et il y a un si grand silence autour de moi ici,
Seigneur, accorde-moi la paix !
Seigneur, accorde-moi aussi la paix ultime !
Car je ne désire et n'espère rien de plus !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, in Der Pilger, no. 5
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