Translation by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
Mitten wir im Leben sind
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Latin
Our translations: CAT
Mitten wir im Leben sind [Von]1 dem Tod umfangen. [Wer ist da, der Hülfe tu']2, Daß; wir Gnad' erlangen? Das bist du, Herr, alleine! Uns reuet unsre Missetat, Die dich, Herr, erzürnet hat. Heiliger Herre Gott, Heiliger, starker Gott, Heiliger, barmherziger Heiland, Du ewiger Gott, laß uns nicht versinken In des [bittern]3 Todes Not! Kyrie eleison! Mitten in dem Tod anficht Uns der Hölle Rachen. Wer will uns aus Nöten Frei und ledig machen? Das tust du, Herr, alleine! Es jammert dein'Barmherzigkeit Unsre Sünd' und großes Leid. Heiliger Herre Gott, Heiliger, starker Gott, Heiliger, barmherziger Heiland, Du ewiger Gott, laß uns nicht versinken In des bittern Todes Not! Kyrie eleison! Mitten in der Höllenangst Unsre Sünd' uns treiben. Wohin soll'n wir denn fliehen hin, Daß wir mögen bleiben? Zu dir, Heiland, alleine! Vergoßen ist dein teures Blut, Das g'nug für die Sünde tut. Heiliger Herre Gott, Heiliger, starker Gott, Heiliger, barmherziger Heiland, Du ewiger Gott, laß uns nicht versinken In des bittern Todes Not! Kyrie eleison!
W. Berger sets stanzas 1-2
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Berger: "Mit"
2 Berger: "Wen suchen wir, der Hilfe tu' "
3 Berger: "bittren"
Text Authorship:
- by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 120 (121)"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Mitten wir im Leben sind", op. 54 (Vier geistliche Lieder und Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1894, stanzas 1-2 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Mitten wir im Leben sind", op. 9 no. 3 (1869), published 1871 [ tenor and optional alto solo voices, and TBBB chorus ], from Trauerchöre, no. 3, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Mitten wir im Leben sind von dem Tod umfangen", op. 102 no. 4, published 1898 [ four-part chorus a cappella ], from Vier Choral-Motetten für vierstimmigen Chor a capella, no. 4, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Mitten wir im Leben sind", op. 23 no. 3 [ chorus ], from Drei Kirchenmusiken, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalm 120 (121)" ; composed by Herbert Norman Howells, Morten Lauridsen, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir, Lynn Steele.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by William Byrd.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Psaume 120 (121)" [an adaptation] ; composed by Daan Manneke.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) , "Psalm 120 (121)" ; composed by Heinrich Bellermann, Boris Blacher, Gottfried von Einem, Ernst Paul Flügel, Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus, Heinrich Schütz.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Peter Cornelius.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Telschow (1809 - 1872) ; composed by Carl Loewe.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-08
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Word count: 120