Kennst du das Haus, wo leiser Orgelklang
Language: German (Deutsch)
Kennst du das Haus, wo leiser Orgelklang
Zur Hora ruft? wo sanfter Psalmensang
Der Kirche Wölbung silberhell durchdringt?
Wo sel'ge Andacht himmelan sich schwingt?
Kennst du es wohl?
Dahin, Dahin
Laß wandern uns, Maria, laß uns zieh'n!
Kennst du das Kreuz, von Rosenpracht umblüh't?
Hoch ragend steht's, vom Kerzen-Schein umglüh't;
Es winkt, und blickt verheißungvoll herab:
"Wer mich ergreift, hält sich am sichern Stab!"
Kennst du es wohl?
Dahin, Dahin
Laß pilgern uns, Maria, laß uns zieh'n!
Kennst du den Saal, wo starke Glaubenskraft
Zu Gottes Ehr' im Dienst der Kirche schafft?
Wo frommer Frauen kunstgeübte Hand
Dem Altar wirkt, der Kanzel das Gewand?
Kennst du ihn wohl?
Dahin, Dahin
Laß wandern uns, Maria, laß uns zieh'n!
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Confirmed with a private publication of the poem held at the Abteilung Handschriften of the library of the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen under the shelf mark/call number Md 760-685, Eine Pilgerfahrt am Felix-Tage, Tübingen: 1879.
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Do you know the house where quiet organ...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Do you know the house where quiet organ tones
Call [us] to the liturgy of the hours? where gentle singing of psalms
Penetrates to the church's vaulting with silvery clarity?
Where blessed devotions soar heavenward?
Do you know it well?
Thither, thither
Let us wander, Maria, let us go!
Do you know the cross, surrounded by the splendour of blooming roses?
It looms high, surrounded by candle glow;
It beckons, and gazes down full of promise!
"Whosoever grasps me, holds a secure staff!"
Do you know it well?
Thither, thither
Let us make a pilgrimage, Maria, let us go!
Do you know the hall where powerful faith
Works for the glory of God in the service of the church?
Where hands of pious women, artistically trained,
Work the cloths of the altar and the pulpit?
Do you know it well?
Thither, thither
Let us wander, Maria, let us go!
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Translations of title(s):
"Aus der Pilgerfahrt am Felix-Tage" = "From the Pilgrimage on the Felix-Day"
"Sehnsucht" = "Yearning"
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