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Sieben Lieder , opus 25

by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944)

Translations available for the entire opus: ENG 

1. Der heiligen Jungfrau  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
[ ... ]
    "Bey stillen Lampenscheinen
    Zu dienen
    Der Einen und der Reinen,
    Zu weinen
    Nach ihren sel'gen Mienen,
    In Hoffen süß erbangend,
    Das ist mein Lebenslauf,
    So zieht mich's, lind umfangend,
    Sacht, sacht zum Himmel auf."
[ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Die Hülfe der heiligen Jungfrau. (Nach einer alten Legende.), no. 1

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the Holy Virgin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Gedichte von Fridr. Baron de la Motte-Fouqué, Dritter Theil, Neueste Auflage, Wien: Bey B. Ph. Bauer, 1819, pages 178-180. Note: part 1 of 9 parts.


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