Gebet

Ertrage [dus]1, laß schneiden dir den Schmerz
Scharf durchs Gehirn und wühlen hart durchs Herz --
Das ist der Pflug, nach dem der Sämann sät,
Daß aus der Erde Wunden Korn ersteht. 

Korn, das der armen Seele Hunger stillt --
Mit Korn, o Vater, segne mein Gefild:
Reiß deinem Pflug erbarmungslos den Pfad,
Doch wirf auch ein in seine Furchen Saat!

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Stimmen und Bilder. Neue Gedichte, Florenz und Leipzig: bei Eugen Diederichs, 1898, page 53.

Authorship

• by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Gebet", appears in Stimmen und Bilder, in Stimmungen [ author's text checked 2 times]

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

• by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Gebet", 1903-4 [voice and piano], from Drei Avenarius Lieder, no. 2, New York: Carl Fischer, Inc. MCMLXI [ sung text checked 2 times]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Prayer", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Prière", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Prayer

Bear it, let pain cut sharply through
Your brain and burrow harshly through your heart --
That is the plow behind which the sower sows
So that wheat arises from the wounds of the earth.

Wheat that stills the hunger of the wretched soul --
With wheat, oh Father, bless my field:
Let your plow mercilessly tear its pathway,
But also throw seed into its furrows!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Gebet", appears in Stimmen und Bilder, in Stimmungen FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Anton von Webern. Go to the text.

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