Death! do not summon [me] yet | Death! do not summon me yet!

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by Gretl Cahn-Speyer

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Tod, ruf noch nicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Tod! ruf' noch nicht!
Hab' bis jetzt nur gestritten,
Hab' bis jetzt nur gelitten!
Tod! ruf' noch nicht!
Erst möcht' ich einmal küssen,
Einmal vom Glücke wissen!
Dann ruf' mich, Tod!

Text Authorship:

by Gretl Cahn-Speyer [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 Rudolf S. Cahn-Speyer (1881 - 1940), "Tod, ruf noch nicht", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Cöln am Rhein: Verlag Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Death! do not summon [me] yet", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-13
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Word count: 31

Death! do not summon [me] yet

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Death! do not summon [me] yet!
Up until now I have only fought,
Up until now I have only suffered!
Death! do not summon [me] yet!
First I would like to kiss once,
To know of happiness once!
Then summon me, death!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Gretl Cahn-Speyer
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-18
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Word count: 42