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by Joseph von Spaun (1788 - 1865)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

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

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph von Spaun (1788 - 1865), written 1817 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Jüngling und der Tod", D 545 (1817), published 1872 [sung text checked 1 time]

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


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

The youth and Death
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The Youth:
 The sun is sinking; would that I could depart with it,
 to flee with its last beams,
 to end this nameless torture
 and travel far away into a fairer world!

 Oh, come, Death, and free me from these bonds!
 I smile at you, o Man of Bone.
 Lead me well into the land of dreams;
 oh come and take me.
 
Death:
 You will rest, cool and gentle, in my arms.
 You call! I will end your torment.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph von Spaun (1788 - 1865), written 1817
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

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