Canto elegiaco | Lieve è stata la tua vita

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sometimes misattributed to Ignaz Franz Castelli (1781 - 1862)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Elegischer Gesang

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

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE ITA

Sanft, wie du lebtest, 
hast du vollendet, 
zu heilig für den Schmerz!
Kein Auge wein' ob 
des himmlischen Geistes Heimkehr.

This text comes from lines 2-1, 3-4, and 3-5 of a poem by Haug referring to the death of the poet Johann Georg Jacobi.

Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Ignaz Franz Castelli (1781 - 1862)

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by (Johann Christoph) Friedrich Haug (1761 - 1829), "Bey der Kunde von Jacobi's Tod", first published 1814
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Elegischer Gesang", op. 118 [ vocal quartet and string quartet (or chorus and string orchestra) ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Elegisch gezang", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant élégiaque", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canto elegiaco", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail

This text was added to the website: 2005-04-18
Line count: 5
Word count: 20

Canto elegiaco

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Lieve è stata la tua vita,
così anche la tua morte,
troppo santa per il dolore!
Che nessun occhio pianga
Per il ritorno a casa di uno spirito celeste.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) misattributed to Ignaz Franz Castelli (1781 - 1862)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by (Johann Christoph) Friedrich Haug (1761 - 1829), "Bey der Kunde von Jacobi's Tod", first published 1814
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2005-04-22
Line count: 5
Word count: 29