Tot de engelbewaarder (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (Johannes Brahms)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Dem Schutzengel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

O Engel, mein Schutzengel mein,
du Gottes Edelknabe,
laß mich dir anbefohlen sein,
so lang ich Odem habe.

Der Tag schleicht hin, die Nacht geht an,
dein Licht in mir laß scheinen,
zum Guten mich allzeit ermahn,
mein Herz zieh nach dem deinen.

Weck mich aus meiner Trägheit auf,
zur Tugend an mich treibe;
gelt, vor dem kurzen Lebenslauf,
den Tod ins Herz mir schreibe.

Beschütz mich in dem letzten Streit,
wenn Leib und Seel sich scheiden,
begleit mich in die Ewigkeit,
wo Freud ist sonder Leiden.

Das bitt ich durch die Lieb zu mir,
laß dieser mich genießen,
zur Lieb bin ich verpflichtet dir,
in Lieb will ich beschließen.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Dem Schutzengel", WoO. 31 no. 14 (1857), from Volks-Kinderlieder, no. 14. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , title 1: "The guardian angel", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Tot de engelbewaarder", copyright © 2016, (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: 20
Word count: 110

Tot de engelbewaarder

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

O engel, die mijn hoeder zijt,
Door God aan mij gegeven,
Laat mij uw aandacht zijn gewijd,
Zolang ik heb te leven.
 
De dag sluipt weg, de nacht breekt aan,
Uw licht, laat ’t in mij schijnen,
Tot ’t goede zet mij altijd aan,
Naar uw hart trek het mijne.
 
Wek op mij uit mijn traag bestaan,
Wil mij tot deugd aandrijven,
Ja, vóór de korte levensbaan
De dood in ’t hart mij schrijven.
 
Bescherm mij in de laatste strijd,
Als lijf en ziel gaan scheiden,
Geleid mij naar de eeuwigheid,
Waar vreugd is zonder lijden.
 
Dat vraag ik, want gij houdt van mij,
Laat mij dit toch verwerven;
Mijn liefde wel verdiend hebt gij,
In liefde wil ik sterven.

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Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2016 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 120