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by Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591 - 1635)
Translation by Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 - 1829)

Vom Mitleiden Mariä
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Als bei dem Kreuz Maria stand,
Weh über Weh ihr Herz empfand,
Und Schmerzen über Schmerzen:
Das ganze Leiden Christi stand
Gedruckt in ihrem Herzen.

Sie ihren Sohn muß bleich und todt,
Und überall von Wunden roth,
Am Kreuze leiden sehen.
Gedenk, wie dieser bittre Tod
Zu Herzen ihr mußt' gehen!

In Christi Haupt durch Bein und Hirn,
Durch Augen, Ohren, durch die Stirn
Viel scharfe Dornen stachen;
Dem Sohn die Dornen Haupt und Hirn
Das Herz der Mutter brachen.

Confirmed with Poetisches Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1806 von Friedrich Schlegel. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1806, pages 200-201.

Note: Schlegel published in his Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1806 a selection of 23 adaptations of early German sacred folksongs, originating from Friedrich Spee (1591-1635) and others, with the title Trutznachtigall, which was also the title of a collection of 52 sacred poems by Spee, posthumously published in 1649. The current poem is not part of Spee's Trutznachtigall; it appeared as a poem with 8 stanzas in an earlier (anonymous) songbook attributed to Spee. Schlegel used stanzas 2 - 4 for his adaption.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 - 1829), "Vom Mitleiden Mariä", appears in Trutznachtigall, no. 13, first published 1806 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591 - 1635), "Von Mariæ Mit Leyden", subtitle: "Jm Thon: Da Jesus an dem Creutze stund.", first published 1623?
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Vom Mitleiden Mariä", D 632 (1818), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A.Diabelli & Co., VN 3707, Wien (Nachlaß-Lieferung 10) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El dolor de Maria", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Over Maria's lijden", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Souffrance de Marie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 80

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