God of the fruitful stream, Father of life divine, Flowing afar and near, Osiris, hear! God of the living earth, Giver of harvesttime, King of the heaven clear, Osiris, hear! Flow o'er the thirsting land, waken the bud to flower, Ripen the golden ear, Osiris, hear!
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Text Authorship:
- by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [author's text not yet checked 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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Invocation to the Nile", 1897, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of the East III: Songs of Egypt, no. 1, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Franz Hermann Schneider) , "Anrufung des Nils"
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 46
Gottheit des Segenstgroms, Vater der Götter du, fluthend so weit daher, Osiris, hör'! Gott alles ird'schen Seins, Geber der Ernte du, König des Himmels hehr, Osiris, hör'! Netze das durst'ge Land, wecke die Blüthen bald, reife die gold'ne Ähr, Osiris, hör'!
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Franz Hermann Schneider (1860 - 1930), "Anrufung des Nils" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-07-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 41