Lyrics please?

Question

Can anyone find the German lyrics for "Bist Du Bei Mir" by Bach? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Answer 1

This makes no sense to me....is this it?



Bist du bei mir
Language: GERMAN



Bist du bei mir, geh' ich mit Freuden
zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh'.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär' so mein Ende,
es drückten deine lieben [schönen]1 Hände
mir die getreuen Augen zu!

Answer 2

http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=382

http://www.answers.com/topic/bist-du-bei-mir

http://play.rhapsody.com/kittycleveland/sacredarias/bistdubeimir?didAutoplayBounce=true

http://play.rhapsody.com/album/alleluiaremembermysoulsacredmusicrappelletoimonamemusiquesacree/bistdubeimir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bist_du_bei_mir

Bist du bei mir, If you are with me in English, (BWV 508) is an aria by the German composer Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel. The piece is often mistakenly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach due to its inclusion in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.

A moving version of the song was performed on the soundtrack of the film Joyeux Noel by Natalie Dessay and Rolando Villazon
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Bist du bei mir
Language: GERMAN



Bist du bei mir, geh' ich mit Freuden
zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh'.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär' so mein Ende,
es drückten deine lieben [schönen]1 Hände
mir die getreuen Augen zu!



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1 omitted by Stölzel.
Note: the misattribution to Bach is probably due to his including the song in his Anna Magdalena Songbook.

Authorship

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Art songs / Lieder, choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text, listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

missattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) , "Bist du bei mir"
by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) , "Bist du bei mir"

Available translations:
ENG English (Emily Ezust)
SPA Spanish (Amitha Iriarte)
ITA Italian (Davide Bocelli)

Date added: 2003-09-29.
If you are with me
Language: ENGLISH



If you are with me, then I will gladly go
to [my] death and to my rest.
Ah, how pleasant would my end be,
if your dear, fair hands shut
my faithful eyes!

Answer 3

German:
Bist du bei mir; geh ich mit Freuden
Zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh,
Zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh.

Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende,
Es drückten deine schönnen Hände mir
Die getreuen Augen zu.

English:
If you are near I will be joyful
To greet my rest with peacefulness,
To greet my rest with peacefulness.

Ah, sweetest joy here at my ending,
With loving hands now close mine eyes,
With loving hands now close mine eyes.