by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918)
Das Kreuz
Language: German (Deutsch)
Das Kreuz, das mußt' er tragen bis an die selbige Statt, wo er gemartert ward. Maria, die stund auch dabei und weint' ganz bitterlich um ihren Jesu Christ. 'O Mutter, laß das Weinen! Die Martern, die sind klein, das Himmelreich ist mein.'
Authorship:
- by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918) [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Das Kreuz", op. 15 no. 1 (1917-22) [soprano, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, harp, violin, and viola], from Fünf geistliche Lieder, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "La croix", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , title 1: "The cross", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 42