Hymne an die Jungfrau | Ave Maria | Ave Maria! Jungfrau mild

Translation Singable translation by Adam Storck (1780 - 1822)

Ave Maria! maiden mild

Language: English

Ave Maria! maiden mild,
Listen to a maiden's prayer;
Thou canst hear though from the wild,
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banished, outcast, and reviled -
Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, hear a suppliant child! 
Ave Maria! 

Ave Maria! undefiled! 
The flinty couch we now must share,
Shall seem with down of eider piled,
If thy protection hover there. 
The murky cavern's heavy air
Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled;
Then, Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer,
Mother, list a suppliant child! 
Ave Maria! 

Ave Maria! Stainless styled! 
Foul dæmons of the earth and air,
From this their wonted haunt exiled,
Shall flee before thy presence fair. 
We bow us to our lot of care,
Beneath thy guidance reconciled;
Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer,
And for a father hear a child! 
Ave Maria!

F. Hensel sets stanza 1
B. Carr sets stanza 1

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Confirmed with The Lady of the Lake. A Poem. By Walter Scott, Esq. The fourth edition. Edinburgh: Printed for John Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and W. Miller, London. 1810, pages 136-137.

Text Authorship:

by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Hymn to the Virgin", appears in The Lady of the Lake, in 3. Canto Third. The Gathering., no. 29, first published 1810

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 27
Word count: 144

Ellens Gesang III

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: CAT DAN DUT ENG FRE FRE GRE ITA

Ave Maria! Jungfrau mild,
Erhöre einer Jungfrau Flehen,
Aus diesem Felsen starr und wild
Soll mein Gebet zu dir hinwehen.
Wir schlafen sicher bis zum Morgen,
Ob Menschen noch so grausam sind.
O Jungfrau, sieh der Jungfrau Sorgen,
O Mutter, hör ein bittend Kind! 
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! Unbefleckt!
Wenn wir auf diesen Fels hinsinken
Zum Schlaf, und uns dein Schutz bedeckt,
Wird weich der harte Fels uns dünken.
Du lächelst, Rosendüfte wehen
In dieser dumpfen Felsenkluft.
O Mutter, höre Kindes Flehen,
O Jungfrau, eine Jungfrau ruft!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! Reine Magd!
Der Erde und der Luft Dämonen,
Von deines Auges Huld verjagt,
Sie können hier nicht bei uns wohnen.
Wir woll'n uns still dem Schicksal beugen,
Da uns dein heil'ger Trost anweht;
Der Jungfrau wolle hold dich neigen,
Dem Kind, das für den Vater fleht.
Ave Maria!

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Sieben Gesänge aus Walter Scotts Fräulein Vom See

Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Adam Storck (1780 - 1822), "Hymne an die Jungfrau", appears in Das Fräulein vom See, in 3. Dritter Gesang. Das Aufgebot., first published 1819

Based on:

a text in English by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Hymn to the Virgin", appears in The Lady of the Lake, in 3. Canto Third. The Gathering., no. 29, first published 1810
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier) , "Ave Maria", subtitle: "Chant", appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes [an adaptation]

Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 27
Word count: 140