Lieb in den Tod (Hugo Distler)

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• (Posted 2022-05-17)  CPDL #69282:       

Editor: Charles Pearson (submitted 2022-05-17).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 297 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Lieb in den Tod
Composer: Hugo Distler
Lyricist: Eduard Mörike
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Lied

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1939
Description: A strophic, homophonic setting of a plaintive Lied in 6 verses of Swabian dialect.

Original text and translations

German text 1. Uffem Kirchhof am Chor blüeht e BloHolder Strauß, do fliegt e weiß Täuble, vors tage tuet, raus. 2. Es streicht wohl e Gässele nieder and zwue, es fliegt mer ins Fenster, es kommt uf mi zue. 3. Jetzt siehn i mein Schatz und sei linneweiß Gwand und sei silberes Ringle von mir an der sei Hand. 4. Es nickt mer en Grueß, setzt se nieder am Bett, frei luegt mers ins Gsicht, aber a rüehrt me's net. 5. Drei Woche nach Ostern, wenn's Nachthüele schreit, do mache mer Hochzig; mei Schatz hot mer's gseit. 6. Fei still ist mei Hochzig, mer halte kein Tanz. Wer goht mit zur Kirchen? Wer flicht mer de Kranz?

English translation 1. In the church yard, by the choir loft Blooms an elderberry bush, A white dove flies from it, Before the day breaks. 2. It flies through an alley Maybe even two, It flies to my window, Directly to me. 3. Now I see my darling in his white garb And his silver ring which I gave him, on his hand. 4. It nods to me in greeting, Sits down on the bed, Looks freely into my face, But it leaves me cold. 5. Three weeks after Easter, When the night owl cries, We celebrate our wedding, My darling said that to me. 6. Very quiet is my wedding, We are not having a dance. Who comes along to church? Who braids me a wreath?    Tr. Dr. Gerda Snapper |}