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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Es kommt der Tod
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es kommt der Tod -- jetzt will ich sagen,
Was zu verschweigen ewiglich
Mein Stolz gebot: für dich, für dich,
Es hat mein Herz für dich geschlagen!

Der Sarg ist fertig, sie versenken
Mich in die Gruft. Da hab ich Ruh.
Doch du, doch du, Maria, du
Wirst weinen oft und mein gedenken.

Du ringst sogar die schönen Hände --
O tröste dich -- Das ist das Los,
Das Menschenlos: -- was gut und groß
Und schön, das nimmt ein schlechtes Ende.

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1845-1856, no. 24 [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 Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Es kommt der Tod", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 6, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Prior (Leipzig, Kistner) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jan Zuidweg , "Es kommt der Tod", published 1927, from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Song", appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 78

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