On the death of a child | You softly came and such didst go

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Auf den Tod eines Kindes

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Du kamst, Du gingst mit leiser Spur,
ein flücht'ger Gast im Erdenland;
woher? Wohin? Wir wissen nur:
Aus Gottes Hand in Gottes Hand.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Auf den Tod eines Kindes" [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 Georg Alexander, Herzog zu Mecklenburg (1859 - 1909), "Auf den Tod eines Kindes", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für Bass-Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1879 [ bass and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Auf den Tod eines Kindes", op. 3 no. 6 (1907) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von Uhland, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "On the death of a child", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur la mort d'un enfant", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

On the death of a child

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You softly came and such didst go,
a fleeting guest on earthly land;
Where from? Where to? We only know:
Out of God's hand into God's hand.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Auf den Tod eines Kindes"
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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-03
Line count: 4
Word count: 27