To live always according to God's will

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Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zu wandeln stets nach Gottes Willen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Zu wandeln stets nach Gottes Willen
Und unter seinem Angesicht,
Und treulich sein Gesetz erfüllen,
War dir, Maria! erste Pflicht.
Er sandte Kummer oder Freude,
So war dein Herz nur Ihm geweiht;
Du giengest nie von seiner Seite
Und priesest Ihn voll Dankbarkeit.

  O hilf uns auch so gläubig leben,
Uns unserm Vater innig weih'n;
Hilf uns, so fromm, so gottergeben,
So dankbar gegen Ihn zu seyn;
Daß wir in heitern Glückestagen
Nie weg von seinen Wegen geh'n;
Und in dem Unglück ohne Zagen
Auf Ihn, als unsern Vater, seh'n.

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Confirmed with Silberklänge heiliger Andacht und Frömmigkeit. Ein Angebinde fur alle nach Belehrung, Tugend und Vollkommenheit strebende Christen, Augsburg: In J.A. Schlosser's Buch- und Kunsthandlung, 1836, page 15.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Hymnus" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Maria, die Demüthige", published 1880 [ satb chorus ], from Ave Maria, no. 9, Regensburg: J.Georg Boessenecker [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-07-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

To live always according to God's will

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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  To live always according to God's will
And in the light of His countenance,
And to obey His commandments faithfully,
Was to thee, Mary! the most important duty.
Whether He sent tribulation or joy,
Thy heart was dedicated to Him alone;
Thou never left His side
And praised Him, full of gratitude.

  Oh help us that we might also live so devoutly,
To consecrate ourselves fervently to our Father;
Help us to be so pious, so meek,
So grateful to Him;
That in merry days of good fortune
We never depart from His ways,
And in adversity without hesitation 
Keep our eyes fixed on Him as our Father.

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Translations of title(s):
"Hymnus" = "Hymn"
"Maria, die Demüthige" = "Mary, the Humble"

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This text was added to the website: 2020-07-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 109