Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter

Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter,
Die schliefen im Kämmerlein;
Da kam die Muttergottes
Ganz leise geschritten herein.

Sie beugte sich über den Kranken,
Und legte ihre Hand
Ganz leise auf sein Herze,
Und lächelte mild und schwand.

Die Mutter schaut alles im Traume,
Und hat noch mehr geschaut;
Sie erwachte aus dem Schlummer,
Die Hunde bellten so laut.

Da lag dahingestrecket
Ihr Sohn, und der war tot;
Es spielt auf den bleichen Wangen
Das lichte Morgenrot.

Die Mutter faltet die Hände,
Ihr war, sie wußte nicht wie;
Andächtig sang sie leise:
"Gelobt seist du, Marie!"

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Authorship

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Max Joseph Beer (1851 - 1908), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 44 no. 3, published 1890 [reciter, men's chorus or mixed chorus, harmonium, piano, and tam-tam obbligato], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar von Heine, no. 3, Berlin, Simon [ sung text not verified ]
• by Hubert Cuypers (1873 - 1960), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter" [speaker with orchestra], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaer : Deklamatorium, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Hans Dütschke (1848 - 1928), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 8 no. 3, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Jean Paul Ertel (1865 - 1933), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 3 no. 3 [vocal duet for soprano and baritone with string quartet], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 46 no. 3, published 1896 [medium voice and piano], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [ sung text not verified ]
• by Adolf Gunkel (1866 - 1901), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 20 no. 3, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 83 no. 3, published 1861, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", published 1888, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Ballade, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Bruno Oscar Klein (1858 - 1911), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 17 no. 3, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Friedrich Klose (1862 - 1942), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", 1910 [speaker with 3 choruses, orchestra and organ], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Franz Krinninger , "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter" [speaker with piano], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Melodram, no. 3, Max Brockhaus [ sung text not verified ]
• by O. Ludolffs , "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 4 no. 3, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by S. Lustgarten , "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter" [ sung text not verified ]
• by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 3 no. 3, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 4 no. 3 (1911) [low voice and piano], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Richard Pohl (1826 - 1896), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", published 1892, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Rudolph Schweida , "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter" [mezzo-soprano with piano], from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachev (1853 - 1922), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", published 1882 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Hamburg, Rahter [ sung text not verified ]
• by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 72 no. 3, published 1899, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Der kranke Sohn" [ sung text not verified ]
• by Moritz Weyermann (fl. 1872), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", op. 24 no. 3, from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Hans Wuzél (1865 - 1940), "Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter", from Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]

• by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar", op. 18 (Zwei Romanzen von Heinrich Heine) no. 1, published c1840. [alto, mezzo-soprano, or baritone, and orchestra]
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• by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar von Heinrich Heine", op. 12, published 1892 [low voice with orchestra or piano], Berlin, Challier & Co.
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• by Franz Zebinger (b. 1946), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Ballade", 1987. [alto, organ, and tape]
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• by Johann Baptist Zerlett (1859 - 1935), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar : Ballade", op. 254, published 1906. [speaker and string orchestra or piano]
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• by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar", op. 44 (Zwei Balladen) no. 1.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Leon Malinofsky) , "A Pilgrimage to Kevlaar", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2007-10-14.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:29
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A Pilgrimage to Kevlaar

The sick son and the mother,
Each slept in a little bed;
And Mother Mary came in
With lightest step and tread.
 
She leaned above the sick son,
And laid her hand then, too
So softly on his poor heart,
Laughed gently, and withdrew.
 
The mother sees all in a dream,
And then she sees still more;
She awakened from her slumber
The dogs bayed so loud at the door.
 
There lay stretched out before her
Her son, and he was dead;
Full on his pale white features
Spilled morning's light so red.
 
The mother folded her hands then,
Her course, she couldn't see;
Devotedly she sang low:
"Praise be to you, Marie!"

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, no. 3 FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Max Joseph Beer, Hubert Cuypers, Hans Dütschke, Robert Emmerich, Jean Paul Ertel, Alexander von Fielitz, Adolf Gunkel, Ferdinand von Hiller, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bruno Oscar Klein, Friedrich Klose, Franz Krinninger, Leopold Lenz, O. Ludolffs, S. Lustgarten, Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus, Carl Orff, Richard Pohl, Rudolph Schweida, Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachev, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir, Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Felix Paul Weingartner, Moritz Weyermann, Hans Wuzél, Franz Zebinger, Johann Baptist Zerlett. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2007-12-10.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:32
Line count: 20
Word count: 113