Composer |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
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Key |
E flat major |
Meter |
2/4 |
Tempo |
Allegro |
Structure |
Da Capo |
Length |
126 measures |
German text |
English translation |
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Erste israelitin |
First Israelite woman |
Will er, dass sein Volk verderbe? |
Does he wish his people to be ruined? |
Sind wir länger nicht sein Erbe? |
Are we no longer his heirs? |
Schaut er ewig, ohn Erbarmen, |
Does he watch without pity |
auf das Leiden, das uns drückt? |
the suffering that oppresses us? |
Die ihr niemals, niemals wieder |
You shall never, never again |
seufzt und weint, erblichne Brüder, |
sigh and weep, brothers in kinship, |
schlummernd in des Todes Armen, |
slumbering in death’s arms, |
ach, wie seid ihr so beglückt! |
ah, how fortunate you are! |
Translation © 2013 by Ruth B. Libbey |
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