Love until death | In the church yard, by the choir loft

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Gerda Snapper

Lieb' in den Tod

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Uffem Kirchhof am Chor
Blüeht e Blo-Holder-Strauß,
Do fliegt e weiß Täuble,
Vor's tage tuet, 'raus.

Es streicht wohl e Gässele
Nieder and zwue,
Es fliegt mer ins Fenster,
Es kommt uf mi zue.

Jetzt siehn i mein Schatz
Und sei linneweiß G'wand
Und sei silberes Ringle
Von mir an der Hand.

Es nickt mer en Grueß,
Setzt se nieder am Bett,
Frei luegt mer's ins G'sicht,
Aber a rüehrt me's net.

Drei Woche nach Ostern,
Wenn's Nachthüele schreit,
Do mache mer Hochzig;
Mei Schatz hot mer's g'seit.

Fei still ist mei Hochzig,
Mer halte kein Tanz.
Wer goht mit zur Kirchen?
Wer flicht mer de Kranz?

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) [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 Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Lieb' in den Tod", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 4 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Doris Ruck-Hanke , "Lieb' in den Tod", published c1910? [ voice and piano ], from Aus meines Herzens Garten: 7 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Gerda Snapper) , "Love until death", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Amour dans la mort", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Charles James Pearson

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

Love until death

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 In the church yard, by the choir loft
 Blooms an elderberry bush,
 A white dove flies from it,
 Before the day breaks.
 
 It flies through an alley
 Maybe even two,
 It flies to my window,
 Directly to me.
 
 Now I see my darling
 in his white garb
 And his silver ring
 which I gave him, on his hand.
 
 It nods to me in greeting,
 Sits down on the bed,
 Looks freely into my face,
 But it leaves me cold.
 
 Three weeks after Easter,
 When the nightowl cries,
 We celebrate our wedding,
 My darling said that to me.
 
 Very quiet is my wedding,
 We are not having a dance.
 Who comes along to church?
 Who braids me a wreath?

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Gerda Snapper, (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.
Gerda Snapper. We have no current contact information for the copyright-holder.
If you wish to commission a new translation, please contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 119