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Maria, roser florit dins el cor de la tenebra. De la branca de David floria una rosa vera. Volem adorar l’Infant, tremolós com una estrella, i veure aquell bou pesant i sentir un belar d’anyella. Ja som tots aquí, Senyor, i els morts ens fan companyia. Ens aclara la claror que surt de vostra establia. I en la fredor de la nit el dolç Infant que somica reposarà en nostre pit i el bressarem una mica.
Authorship
- by Marià Manent (1898 - 1988) [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 Manuel Blancafort (1897 - 1987), "Cançoneta humil de mitjanit" [ voice and piano ], from Cançons de Nadal , no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "A modest midnight little song", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Salvador Pila [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-10-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 76
Mary, flowering rosebush in the midst of darkness. Out of David’s limb a true rose was blooming. We want to adore the Infant, tremulous as a star, and see that hefty ox and hear the lamb bleat. Now we are all here, oh Lord, and are joined by the dead. Illuminated by the brightness that emanates from your stable. And in the cold of the night the sweet Infant that whimpers will rest in our breast and we will rock him a little.
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- Translation from Catalan (Català) to English copyright © 2020 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Catalan (Català) by Marià Manent (1898 - 1988)
This text was added to the website: 2020-10-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 83