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Steig, o Mutter aller Schmerzen, Auf den Altar meiner Verse! Blut aus deinen magren Brusten Hat des Schwertes Wut vergossen. Deine ewig frischen Wunden Gleichen Augen, rot und offen. Steig, o Mutter aller Schmerzen, Auf den Altar meiner Verse! In den abgezehrten Händen Hältst du deines Sohnes Leiche. Ihn zu zeigen aller Menschheit - Doch der Blick der Menschen meidet Dich, o Mutter aller Schmerzen!
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Madonna", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Évocation", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Madonna", op. 21 no. 6 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Madonna", 1905?, published 1905 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 12, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "聖母", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Madonna", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Madone", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Madonna", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Madonna", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 64
Élève-toi, ô mère des douleurs, Sur l'autel de mes vers ! Le sang de tes seins flétris, La fureur du glaive l'a versé. Tes blessures toujours nouvelles Semblent des yeux rouges et ouverts. Élève-toi, ô mère des douleurs, Sur l'autel de mes vers ! Dans tes mains émaciées Tu tiens le cadavre de ton fils . Pour le montrer à toute l'humanité, Mais le regard des hommes te fuit, Toi, ô mère des douleurs.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Madonna", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Évocation", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
This text was added to the website: 2012-04-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 72