by Joseph von Spaun (1788 - 1865)
Translation © by Christakis Poumbouris

Der Jüngling und der Tod
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE GRE ITA
Der Jüngling
 Die Sonne sinkt, o könnt' ich mit ihr scheiden!
 Mit ihrem letzten Strahl entfliehen!
 Ach diese namenlosen Qualen meiden
 Und weit in schön're Welten [zieh'n]1.

 O komme, Tod, und löse diese Bande!
 Ich lächle dir, o Knochenmann,
 Entführe mich leicht in geträumte Lande,
 O komm' und rühre mich doch an.

Der Tod
 Es ruht sich kühl und sanft in meinem Armen,
 Du rufst! Ich will mich deiner Qual erbarmen.

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Schubert received this text, which is Josef von Spaun's response to Schubert's "Der Tod und das Mädchen" (D. 531), in manuscript form; his manuscript has not been preserved.

1 most likely "ziehen" in Spaun's manuscript

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

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El jovencell i la mort", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De jongeman en de dood", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The youth and Death", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le jeune homme et la mort", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Το Παληκάρι και ο Χάρος", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il giovinetto e la morte", copyright © 2008, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

Το Παληκάρι και ο Χάρος
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Το Παληκάρι:
 Ο ήλιος πά’, μαζί του, ω, να φύγω,
 Με το στερνό φως να χαθώ
 Και χίλιες μύριες θλίψεις ν’ αποφύγω,
 Σ’ ωραίους κόσμους να βρεθώ!

 Ω έλα πια, και λύσε τα δεσμά μου!
 Χαμογελώ σου, Χάροντα,
 Και πάρε με ελαφρά στα όνειρα μου,
 Ω έλα, ζύγωσε κοντά.
 
Ο Χάρος:
 Σ’ αγκάλη απαλή θα σε κρατήσω.
 Καλείς! Ταλαίπωρε, θα σ’ ελεήσω.

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  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2014 by Christakis Poumbouris, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 62