Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1390239 Composed by Patrick Rooney. 21st Century,Classical,Romantic Period,Sacred. Score. 8 pages. Patrick Rooney #973734. Published by Patrick Rooney (A0.1390239). A setting of the German biblical text, O tod, wie bitter bist du. Performed at the University of Northern Colorado in 2012 by Kyle Griffin and Chase Loeb.German:O tod, wie bitter bist du, wenn an dich gendenket ein mensch,Der gute Tage und genug hat und ohne sorge lebet;Und dem es wohl geht in allen dingen ,und noch wohl essen mag!O Tod, wie bitter bist du.O tod, wie wohl tust du dem dürftigen, der da schwach und alt ist,der in allen sorgen steckt, und nichts bessers zu hoffen,noch zu erwarten hat! O tod, O tod, wie wohl tust du!English:O death, how bitter you are to the thoughts of a person at peace with his posses-sions, to a man undistracted and prospering in everything and still having strength to welcome a luxury.O death, how bitter you are!O death, how sweet you are to a person who is needy and lacking strength, who is in extreme old age and is anxious about everything and who is disobedient and has lost hope.O death, how sweet you are!