The sinking sun weeps bloody tears upon the stark snow

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die sinkende Sonne weint blutig auf...

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Die sinkende Sonne weint blutig auf starren Schnee...
Leise leise hör' ich dich singen, Sancta Maria...

"Mein Mund ist wund und weh, ich hab' ihn geküßt.
Mein Leib ist krank und kalt, ich hab' ihn gewärmt. 
Mein Herz ist hohl und tot, ich hab' ihn geliebt"...

Leise im Traum hör' ich dich singen, Sancta Maria...

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• J. Marx

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Tag und Nacht, Zweite veränderte Auflage, J.C.C.Bruns, Minden i.W., 1902, page 94.

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Winterabend", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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The sinking sun weeps bloody tears upon...

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The sinking sun weeps bloody tears upon the stark snow . . .
I hear you singing quietly quietly, Holy Mary . . . 

"My lips are sore and aching, I kissed him.
My body is sick and cold, I warmed him.
My heart is hollow and dead, I loved him" . . . 

Quietly in a dream I hear you singing, Holy Mary . . .

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Translations of title(s):
"Sankta Maria" = "Holy Mary"
"Sancta Maria" = "Holy Mary"
"Winterabend" = "Winter evening"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Winterabend", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte
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