Merciful sister | Beam that passes through the streets

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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Barmherzige Schwester

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Strahl, der durch die Gassen geht, 
Wo du bist, wird's mild,
Reines Kleid in Kammern weht,
Linder Wortbrunn quillt.

Heilkraut wächst aus weicher Hand,
Schließt die Wunde zu,
Augenschein legt Blutes Brand
In gelöste Ruh.

Schwester allem Menschenleid,
Mutter jedem Schmerz,
Ärmsten Du zur Magd geweiht,
Wer gab Dir Dein Herz?

Nacht hört stillen Perlenfall
Von dem Rosenkranz.
Kranker träumet Sternenschwall
Und MARIENS Glanz.

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte, Gotha: Leopold Klotz Verlag, 1928, page 92.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Barmherzige Schwester", appears in Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue 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 Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Barmherzige Schwester", op. 65 no. 9, published 1948, from Ehrler-Zyklus II, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Merciful sister", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-29
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Word count: 64

Merciful sister

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Beam that passes through the streets,
Where you are it grows mild,
An immaculate dress wafts in the chambers,
A fount of gentle words springs forth.

Healing herbs grow from your soft hand,
Close the wound,
The radiance of your eyes lays my burning blood
Into the release of rest.

Sister to all human suffering,
Mother to every pain,
You who are consecrated to the poorest as their servant,
Who gave you your heart?

The night hears the quiet 
Pearly fall of the rosary.
The sick one dreams of a shower of stars
And of MARY’s radiance.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Barmherzige Schwester", appears in Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2022-12-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 97