Moriu amor i joia! (Kerner, set by Walter von Goethe, Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, Wilhelm Platz, Robert Schumann, Louis [Ludwig] Spohr) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Zu Augsburg steht ein hohes Haus

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Zu Augsburg steht ein hohes Haus,
Nah bei dem alten Dom,
Da tritt [am hellen]¹ Morgen aus
Ein Mägdelein gar fromm;
Gesang erschallt, 
Zum Dome wallt
Die liebe Gestalt.

Dort vor [Mariä]² heilig' Bild
Sie betend niederkniet,
Der Himmel hat ihr Herz erfüllt,
Und alle Weltlust flieht:
"O Jungfrau rein!
Laß mich allein
Dein eigen sein!"

Alsbald der Glocke dumpfer Klang
Die Betenden erweckt,
Das Mägdlein wallt die Hall' entlang,
Es weiß nicht, was es trägt;
Am Haupte ganz
Von Himmelsglanz
Einen Lilienkranz.

Mit Staunen schauen all' die Leut'
Dies Kränzlein licht im Haar,
Das Mägdlein aber wallt nicht weit,
Tritt vor den Hochaltar:
"Zur Nonne weiht
Mich arme Maid!
Stirb, Lieb' und Freud'!"

Gott, gib, daß dieses [Mägdelein]³
Ihr Kränzlein friedlich trag',
Es ist die Herzallerliebste mein,
Bleibt's bis zum jüngsten Tag.
Sie weiß es nicht,
Mein Herz zerbricht,
Stirb, Lieb' und Licht!

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¹ Spohr: "an einem"
² Schumann: "Marias"
³ Schumann: "Mägd'lein"

Authorship

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Stirb, Lieb' und Freud'!", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Stirb, Lieb' und Freud'", op. 7 no. 2, published 1841/2. [ sung text not verified ]
by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Die Himmelsbraut", op. 23 no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Wilhelm Platz , "Die Himmelsbraut", published 1900, from Hundert Lieder, no. 36. [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Stirb, Lieb' und Freud'", op. 35 no. 2 (1840), published 1841 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, no. 2, Leipzig, Klemm [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Die Himmelsbraut", op. 105 no. 1 (1838). [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Moriu amor i joia!", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Moriu amor i joia!", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Sterf, liefde, jij!", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In Augsburg stands a lofty house", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Estinguiti, amore e gioia", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:36
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Word count: 144

Moriu amor i joia!

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

A Augsburg hi ha una casa alta,
a prop de la vella catedral,
d’allà surt, de bon matí,
una donzella molt pietosa;
sonen uns càntics,
la benèvola persona
es dirigeix a la catedral.

Allà, davant la sagrada imatge de Maria,
s’agenolla tot pregant,
el cel a omplert el seu cor
i tots els plaers mundans han fugit:
“Oh verge pura!
Deixa’m ser
només teva!”

Poc després, el toc somort de les campanes
desperta els feligresos,
la donzella travessa la nau
sense saber que
porta al cap,
nimbada d’esplendor celestial,
una corona de lliris.

Tota la gent contempla amb estupor
aquesta corona lluminosa als seus cabells,
la donzella però no va gaire lluny,
s’atura davant l’altar major:
“Ordeneu-me monja
a mi pobre donzella!
Moriu, amor i joia!”

Déu, fes que aquesta donzella
porti en pau la seva corona,
ella és la més estimada del meu cor
i ho serà fins al judici final.
Ella no sap
que el meu cor s’ha trencat,
moriu, amor i llum!

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2014 by Salvador Pila, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Stirb, Lieb' und Freud'!", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte

Text added to the website: 2014-03-12 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:31
Line count: 35
Word count: 165