Madonna über den Wogen | Sei gegrüßt, Licht überm Meer

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by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Madonna over Bølgerne

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: DUT GER

Hil dig, du lys over havet,
tindrende blus på den skummende, stenede strand!
Hil dig, de ængstedes frelse,
der lindrende åbner din favn for hver skibbruden mand.
Du, som på revet omkring Opatija
sprang som et under af fjeldblokken ud,
o hil dig, mysteriets dronning Maria,
sjælenes moder, søster og brud!

Her, hvor min jordiske længsel forstummede,
daler et hjerte, som du kun gør glad,
her ned for din snehvide, 
bølgeomskummede jomfrufod
tyst som et faldende blad.
Du ungmø, lillie, gratiæ via,
elskov evindelig pletfri og prud,
o hil dig, mysteriets dronning Maria,
sjælenes moder, søster og brud!
Hil dig!

Text Authorship:

by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915) [author's text not yet checked 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 Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926), "Madonna over Bølgerne ", op. 65 no. 2, published 1900 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Tre Madonnasange, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers) , "Madonna boven de golven", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Madonna über den Wogen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 100

Madonna über den Wogen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)

Sei gegrüßt, Licht überm Meer,
Leuchturm über Gischt und Felsenstrand!
Sei gegrüßt, Erretterin aus Angst und Not,
die tröstend alle Schiffbrüchigen umfängt.
Am Riff um Opatija
tauchtest wundersam du aus den Felsen auf,
sei gegrüßt, Königin des Mysteriums, Maria,
der Seelen Mutter, Schwester und Braut!

Hier, wo mein irdisch Sehnen schwand,
sinkt ein Herz, das nur du erquicken kannst,
nieder zu der Jungfrau schneeweißen, 
wellenumschäumten Füßen
wie ein fallendes Blatt.
Du Jungfrau, Lilie, gratiæ via*,
Liebe, ewiglich makellos und hehr,
sei gegrüßt, Königin des Mysteriums, Maria,
der Seelen Mutter, Schwester und Braut!
Sei gegrüßt!

* Gnadenweg

Text Authorship:

Translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in Danish (Dansk) by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 94