by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923)
Gebet
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ertrage dus, 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!
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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 against a primary source]
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
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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