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Alt solo: O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube: Es geht dir nichts verloren! Dein ist, ja dein, was du gesehnt, Dein, was du geliebt, was du gestritten! Sopran solo: O glaube: Du wardst nicht umsonst geboren! Hast nicht umsonst gelebt, gelitten! Chor und Alt: Was entstanden ist, das muß vergehen! Was vergangen, auferstehen! Hör auf zu beben! Bereite dich zu leben! Sopran und Alt solo: O Schmerz! Du Alldurchdringer! Dir bin ich entrungen. O Tod! Du Allbezwinger! Nun bist du bezwungen! Mit Flügeln, die ich mir errungen, In heißem Liebesstreben Werd ich entschweben Zum Licht, zu dem kein Aug' gedrungen! Chor: Mit Flügeln, die ich mir errungen, Werd ich entschweben! Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben! Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n wirst du, Mein Herz, in einem Nu! Was du geschlagen, Zu Gott wird es dich tragen!
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Text Authorship:
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) [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):
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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Auferstehung", 1888-94, first performed 1895 [ soli, chorus, and orchestra ], from Symphony no. 2, no. 5
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Resurrecció", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Resurrection", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Résurrection", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Resurrezione", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Arnaldo Rossi) , "Resurrección"
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 30
Word count: 135
Alto solo: Oh believe, my heart, oh believe You shall lose nothing! For yours is, yes yours, what you yearned for, Yours what you loved, what you battled for! Soprano solo: Oh believe: you were not born in vain! You did not live, suffer in vain! Chorus und Alto: What has arisen, must pass away! What has passed away, [must] rise anew! Cease your trembling! Prepare yourself to live! Soprano und Alto solo: Oh pain! You all-penetrating one! I have been wrested away from you. Oh death! You all-conquering one! Now you are conquered! With pinions that I won for myself, In fervent striving of love I shall waft away To the light, to which no eye has penetrated! Chorus: With pinions that I won for myself, I shall waft away! I shall die so as to live! You shall arise, yea, arise, My heart, in a trice! That which you conquered, It shall carry you to God!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-27
Line count: 30
Word count: 158