Saint Raphael | Comfort the afflicted

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Sankt Raphael

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG

Tröst die Bedrängten
und hilf den Kranken,
Sankt Raphael,
Bresten und Schaden
uns überladen,
o hilf, o hilf, Sankt Raphael.

Wann wir uns legen,
tu unser pflegen,
Sankt Raphael,
unsere Schmerzen
nehme zu Herzen,
o hilf, o hilf, Sankt Raphael.

Hin zum Verderben,
lass niemand sterben,
Sankt Raphael,
beichten und büßen,
alle wir müssen,
o hilf, o hilf, Sankt Raphael.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sankt Raphael", WoO. 34 (Vierzehn deutsche Volkslieder) no. 7, published 1865 [ SATB chorus ], from Deutsche Volkslieder für gemischten Chor, no. 7, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sant Rafael", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Sint Rafael", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Saint Raphael", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 60

Saint Raphael

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Comfort the afflicted
and help the sick,
Saint Raphael,
Infirmities and injuries
overwhelm us,
help us, oh help us, Saint Raphael.

When we lie down,
watch over us,
Saint Raphael,
our pains
take to heart,
help us, oh help us, Saint Raphael.

[As we move] toward destruction,
let no one be killed,
Saint Raphael,
confessing and atoning,
we all must come,
help us, oh help us, Saint Raphael.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 68