Chiunche nasce a morte arriva

Chiunche nasce a morte arriva
Nel fuggir del tempo, e 'l sole 
Niuna cosa lascia viva.
Manca il dolcie e quel che dole,

E gl'ingiegni e le parole;
E le nostre antiche prole,
Al sole ombre, al vento un fummo.
Come voi uomini fumo

Lieti e tristi, come siete;
E or siàn, come vedete,
Terra al sol di vita priva.
Ogni cosa a morte arriva.

Già fur gli occhi nostri interi
Con la luce in ogni speco;
Or son voti, orrendi e neri,
E ciò porta il tempo seco.

by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) , from Rime, no. 21

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) , "Chiunche nasce a morte arriva", 1949, from Tre poemi, no. 2.

by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Alles endet, was entstehet", 1897, from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Michelangelo, no. 2.

by Josef Schelb (1894-1977) , "Gesang der Toten", op. 5 no. 1 (1917), published 1920 [voice and piano], from Drei Sonette Michelangelos, no. 1.

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Alles endet, was entstehet

Alles endet, was entstehet.
Alles, alles rings vergehet,
Denn die Zeit flieht, und die Sonne
Sieht, daß alles rings vergehet,

Denken, Reden, Schmerz, und Wonne;
Und die wir zu Enkeln hatten
Schwanden wie bei Tag die Schatten,
Wie ein Dunst im Windeshauch.

Menschen waren wir ja auch,
Froh und traurig, so wie ihr,
Und nun sind wir leblos hier,
Sind nur Erde, wie ihr sehet.

Alles ended, was entstehet.
Alles, alles rings vergehet.

by Walter Heinrich Robert-Tornow (1852-1895)

a text in Italian by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) , from Rime, no. 21

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Alles endet, was entstehet", 1897, from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Michelangelo, no. 2.

ENG English (Knut W. Barde)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-13.