Prayer | Oh God, my Master

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by Gisbert, Freiherr von Vincke (1813 - 1892)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Gebet

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Latin

Our translations: DUT ENG

O Gott, mein Gebieter,
[Stets hofft’ ich]¹ auf Dich!
O Jesu, Geliebter,
Nun rette Du mich!
[In hartem]² Gefängniß,
In schlimmer Bedrängniß
[Ersehnet’]³ ich Dich;
In Klagen, Dir klagend,
Im Staube [verzagend]⁴,
Erhör', ich beschwöre,
Und rette Du mich!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Raff • R. Schumann

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Confirmed with: Rose und Distel, Poesien aus England und Schottland, übertragen von Giesbert Freiherrn Vincke, Dessau, Druck und Verlag von Gebrüder Katz, 1853, page 37.

¹ Schumann: "ich hoffe"
² Schumann: "Im harten"
³ Schumann: "Ersehne"
⁴ Raff: "vergehend"

Text Authorship:

by Gisbert, Freiherr von Vincke (1813 - 1892), "Gebet", appears in Rose und Distel, Poesien aus England und Schottland, in Erstes Buch, first published 1853 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Latin by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1586)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Gebet", op. 172 no. 5 (1875), from Maria Stuart, ein Cyklus von Gesängen, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Gebet", op. 135 no. 5 (1852), published 1855 [ voice and piano ], from Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, no. 5, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gebed", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Prayer", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ted Perry , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
Line count: 11
Word count: 39

Prayer

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh God, my Master,
I [always placed]¹ my trust in Thee!
Oh Jesus, Beloved,
Save me now!
In a cruel prison,
In sore distress
I [yearned]² for Thee;
In lamentations sobbing to Thee,
[Despairing]³ in the dust,
Hear my plea, I implore Thee,
And save Thou me!

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¹ Schumann: "place"
² Schumann: "yearn"
³ Raff: "Perishing"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Gisbert, Freiherr von Vincke (1813 - 1892), "Gebet", appears in Rose und Distel, Poesien aus England und Schottland, in Erstes Buch, first published 1853
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Latin by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1586)
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 47