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Das Mädchen Vorüber! Ach, vorüber! Geh wilder Knochenmann! Ich bin noch jung, geh Lieber! Und rühre mich nicht an. Der Tod Gib deine Hand, Du [schön und zart]1 Gebild! Bin Freund, und komme nicht, zu strafen. Sey gutes [Muths]2! ich bin nicht wild, Sollst sanft in meinen Armen schlafen!
Confirmed with ASMUS omnia sua SECUM portans, oder Sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen, I. und II. Theil. Beym Verfasser, und in Commißion bey Fr. Perthes in Hamburg. [1774], page 199; and with Poetische Blumenlese Auf das Jahr 1775. Göttingen und Gotha bey Johann Christian Dieterich, page 157.
See also Josef von Spaun's response to Schubert's song: "Der Jüngling und der Tod".
1 Claudius (Musenalmanach): "zart und schön"2 Claudius (ASMUS): "Muhts" (apparently misprint)
Text Authorship:
- by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Tod und das Mädchen" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Tod und das Mädchen", op. 7 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 531 (1817), published 1821 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Die Dood en die Meisie", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La Mort i la donzella", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De dood en het meisje", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Death and the Maiden", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , "Death and the Maiden", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La jeune fille et la mort", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "An Bás agus an Ainnir", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La Morte e la fanciulla", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "La Muerte y la Doncella", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 45
The Maiden It's all over! alas, it's all over now! Go, savage man of bone! I am still young - go, devoted one! And do not molest me. Death Give me your hand, you fair and tender form! I am a friend; I do not come to punish. Be of good cheer! I am not savage. You shall sleep gently in my arms.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Tod und das Mädchen"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 59