I know that my Redeemer lives (Prout) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Translation Singable translation by Ebenezer Prout (1835 - 1909)

Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

Aria (Tenor)
 Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt;
 Er lebt und mir zu Freude,
 Laß sein, daß ich im Leide
 In Arbeit, Müh und Plage
 Viel Stunden meiner Tage
 Muß auf der Welt verschmerzen:
 Blüht doch der Trost im Herzen.

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Authorship

by Erdmann Neumeister (1671 - 1756) [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)

misattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Ich weiß daß mein Erlöser lebt", BWV. 160, the first tenor aria in the cantata Ich weiß daß mein Erlöser lebt [
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by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt ", TWV 1:877 no. 1 (1725) [tenor, violin, bassoon, and basso continuo], from the cantata Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt, no. 1. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (Ebenezer Prout) , title 1: "I know that my Redeemer lives"
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Je sais que mon Sauveur vit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2015-05-04 13:44:37
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I know that my Redeemer lives

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I know that my Redeemer lives;
He lives for my rejoicing,
May be that I in sorrow,
In labour, toil and torment,
Must many weary days here,
Here in the world be grieving,
Yet in my heart is comfort.

Authorship

Singable translation by Ebenezer Prout (1835 - 1909), "I know that my Redeemer lives" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Erdmann Neumeister (1671 - 1756)

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

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:43
Line count: 7
Word count: 39