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!
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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)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 45
La Doncella:
Aléjate, ah, aléjate!
Vete, cruel muerte!
Todavía soy joven; vete, amada!
Y no me toques.
La Muerte:
Dame tu mano, hermosa y tierna creatura.
Soy una amiga, y no vengo a castigarte.
Anímate! No soy cruel,
Dormirás dulcemente en mis brazos.