I do not grudge them: Lord I do not grudge My two strong sons that I have seen go out To break their strength and die, they and a few, In bloody protest for a glorious thing, They shall be spoken of among their people, The generations shall remember them, And call them blessed; But I will speak their names to my own heart In the long nights; The little names that were familiar once Round my dead hearth. Lord, thou art hard on mothers: We suffer in their coming and their going; And though I grudge them not, I weary, weary Of the long sorrow — And yet I have my joy: My sons were faithful, and they fought.
The Mother
Set by Frank Ferko (b. 1950), "The Mother" [ soprano and mixed chorus ], from Stabat Mater, no. 2 [Sung Text]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Text Authorship:
- by Patrick Henry Pearse (1879 - 1916), as Pádraic Pearse
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]... 9. Eia Mater, fons amoris, me sentire vim doloris fac, ut tecum lugeam. 10. Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum, ut sibi complaceam. 11. Sancta Mater, istud agas, Crucifixi fige plagas cordi meo valide. 12. Tui nati vulnerati, tam dignati pro me pati, pœnas mecum divide. ...
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Stabat mater"
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sorrowful mother", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère pleine de douleurs", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater dolorosa"
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