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by Martin Opitz (1597 - 1639)

Ach, Liebste, lass uns eilen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ach, Liebste, lass uns eilen,
Wir haben Zeit:
Es schadet das Verweilen
Uns beiderseit.

Der edlen Schönheit Gaben
Fliehn Fuss für Fuss,
Dass alles, was wir haben,
Verschwinden muss.

Der Wangen Zier verbleichet,
Das Haar wird greis,
Der Äuglein Feuer weichet,
Die Brust wird Eis.

Das Mündlein von Korallen
Wird ungestalt,
Die Hand als Schnee verfallen,
Und du wirst alt.

Drum lass uns jetzt geniessen
Der Jugend Frucht,
Eh denn wir folgen müssen
Der Jahre Flucht.

Wo du dich selber liebest,
So liebe mich,
Gib mir, dass, wann du gibest,
Verlier auch ich.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Martin Opitz (1597 - 1639), "Lied" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Friedrich Adrian Götzloff (d. 1836), "Eile zum Lieben", c1806 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Eile zum Lieben", op. 51 no. 6, published 1972?, from Gedichte aus alter Zeit, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann (or Giovanni) Nauwach (flourished 1623-1627), "Lied", 1627 [ voice and harpsichord ], confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Elisabeth Siekhaus) , "Song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Elisabeth Siekhaus

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 93

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