Barmherzige Schwester
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): 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.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Merciful sister", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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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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This text was added to the website: 2022-12-13
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