by Saint John of the Cross, né Juan de Yepes Alvarez (1542 - 1591)
Translation by Maximiliane Brentano, née Maximiliane Euphrosine von La Roche (1756 - 1793)
Vision des heiligen Johannes von Cruz See base text
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)
Our translations: ENG
Entflammt von Liebesqualen,
Als rings die Nacht noch webte,
O Glück, das ich ersehnte,
Ging unbemerkt ich aus,
Als Ruhe schon befriedete das Haus.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano (1785 - 1859), "Vision des heiligen Johannes von Cruz", stanza 1
Text Authorship:
- by Maximiliane Brentano, née Maximiliane Euphrosine von La Roche (1756 - 1793), no title [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Saint John of the Cross, né Juan de Yepes Alvarez (1542 - 1591)
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 30
Word count: 147