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by Eduard Reinacher (1892 - 1968)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Gottes Tod
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Seid still, ihr Vögelein
In dem dunkeln Wald!
Ihr Bienen, tragt jetzt nicht mehr ein
Und schweiget euren Schall!
Die Welt soll stille stehen,
Denn Gott ist entschlafen:
Man hört den leisen Atem deutlich gehen.
Gott ist des Sinnes müd,
Ganz in die Welt getaucht,
Worin er verglüht,
seinen Atem aushaucht
Und das große Auge schließt:
Gott will auch leben und sterben,
Drum er sich ein uns gießt.
Wir empfangen dich, du Fluß,
Mit unsrer offnen Brust,
Wir schwimmen arm breit in dir liebem Guß,
Goldstrom der Lust,
Worin wir müssen sein
Und in deinem Tod sterben,
Ertrinken als in Wein!
Nun gib uns deine Hand,
Ziehe uns zu dir,
Sei als wir,
Uns zum süßen Tand,
O du der Wesen Zier,
Du Todes Preis und Wesens Thron
Und aller Seelen Sonne und Lebenslohn!

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Reinacher (1892 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Gottes Tod", op. 23a no. 2, copyright © 1922, first performed 1922 [ mezzo-soprano, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos ], from Des Todes Tod, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mort de Dieu", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-01
Line count: 28
Word count: 134

La mort de Dieu
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Faites silence, vous les oiseaux,
Dans les bois sombres !
Vous les abeilles, maintenant ne rapportez plus
Et cessez votre bruit !
Le monde doit garder le silence,
Car Dieu est endormi :
On entend clairement le souffle léger s'en aller.
Dieu est fatigué
Tout entier immergé dans le monde,
Dans lequel il se consume,
Respire son souffle
Et ferme le grand œil :
Dieu veut aussi vivre et mourir,
C'est pourquoi il se déverse en nous.
Nous te recevons, flot,
Avec notre cœur ouvert,
Nous nageons en toi, les bras étendus, flot aimé,
Courant d'or de plaisir,
Dans lequel nous devons être,
Et mourir dans ta mort,
Nous noyant comme dans du vin !
Maintenant donne-nous ta main,
Mène-nous à toi,
Sois comme nous,
Vers un doux délice,
Oh, toi, l'ornement des êtres,
Toi, prix de la mort et trône de la nature
Et soleil de toutes les âmes et récompense de la vie !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Reinacher (1892 - 1968)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-22
Line count: 28
Word count: 150

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