Toi, pauvre pécheur

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sometimes misattributed to Volkslieder (Folksongs) and by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Armer Sünder, du

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Armer Sünder, du, 
Die Erde ist dein Schuh;
Mark und Blut,
Der Himmel ist dein Hut.
Fleisch und Bein
Sollen von dir gesegnet sein,
Du heilige Dreifaltigkeit
Von nun an bis in Ewigkeit!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Webern

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Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Volkslieder (Folksongs)
by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918) [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), no title, op. 17 no. 1 (1924-5), from Drei Volkstexte, no. 1
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Poor sinner, you", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 33

Toi, pauvre pécheur

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

Toi, pauvre pécheur,
La terre est ta chaussure ;
Moelle et sang,
Le ciel est ton chapeau.
Chair et os
Puissiez-vous être bénis par toi,
Ô sainte trinité,
Maintenant et pour l'éternité.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) and by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 31