A modest midnight little song | Mary, flowering rosebush

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by Marià Manent (1898 - 1988)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Cançoneta humil de mitjanit

Language: Catalan (Català)

Our translations: ENG

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.

Text 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]

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

ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "A modest midnight little song", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Salvador Pila [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

A modest midnight little song

Language: English after the Catalan (Català)

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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Based on:

a text in Catalan (Català) by Marià Manent (1898 - 1988)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 83