Es kommt der Tod

Es kommt der Tod -- jetzt will ich sagen,
Was zu verschweigen ewiglich
Mein Stolz gebot: für dich, für dich,
Es hat mein Herz für dich geschlagen!

Der Sarg ist fertig, sie versenken
Mich in die Gruft. Da hab ich Ruh.
Doch du, doch du, Maria, du
Wirst weinen oft und mein gedenken.

Du ringst sogar die schönen Hände --
O tröste dich -- Das ist das Los,
Das Menschenlos: -- was gut und groß
Und schön, das nimmt ein schlechtes Ende.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , from Nachgelesene Gedichte 1845-1856, no. 24

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

by Henrik Hennings (1848-1923) , "Es kommt der Tod", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 6, published 1878.
by Jan Zuidweg , "Es kommt der Tod", published 1927, from Drei Lieder, no. 1.

ENG English (Emma Lazarus)

Date added to the website: 2008-04-13.

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Song

Death comes, and now must I make known
   That which my pride eternally
   Prayed to withhold; for thee, for thee,
My heart has throbbed for thee alone.

The coffin waits! within my grave
   They drop me soon, where I shall rest.
   But thou, Marie, shalt beat thy breast,
And think of me, and weep and rave.

And thou shalt wring thy hands, my friend.
   Be comforted! It is our fate,
   Our human fate, the good and great
And fair must have an evil end.

by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) , "Song", from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, published 1881

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , from Nachgelesene Gedichte 1845-1856, no. 24

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

[ None yet in the database ]

Date added to the website: 2008-04-13.