Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben (Geibel, set by (Richard Heuberger, Adolph Bernhard Marx, Heinrich von Sahr, Hugo Wolf)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Ven muerte tan escondida

Language: Spanish (Español)

Ven muerte tan escondida
que no te sienta comigo,
porque el gozo de contigo
no me torne á dar la vida.

Ven como rayo que hiere
que hasta que ha herido
no se siente su ruido,
por mejor herir do quiere:

asi sea tu venida,
sino desde aqui te digo,
que el gozo que habré contigo
me dará de nuevo vida.

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 34 ENG FRE ; composed by Richard Heuberger, Adolph Bernhard Marx, Heinrich von Sahr, Hugo Wolf.

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Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben,
leise komm zu mir gegangen,
daß die Lust, dich zu umfangen,
nicht zurück mich ruf' ins Leben.

Komm, so wie der Blitz uns rühret,
den der Donner nicht verkündet,
bis er plötzlich sich entzündet
und den Schlag gedoppelt führet.

Also seist du mir gegeben,
plötzlich stillend mein Verlangen,
daß die Lust, dich zu umfangen,
nicht zurück mich ruf' ins Leben.

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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 34 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Comendador Escrive

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by Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914), "Komm' o Tod, von Nacht umgeben", op. 12 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not verified ]
by Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795 - 1866), "Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben", op. 22 (Spanische Lieder), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1847. [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1878 [alto and piano], Leipzig, Senff [ sung text not verified ]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 24. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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