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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Mitternacht . . . In weißen Kutten...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mitternacht . . . In weißen Kutten graben
sich Trappisten ihre letzte Ruhstatt. 
"Ave Rosa sine spiris", singen ihre Herzen,
aber ihre Lippen singen nicht. 

Sei gegrüßt, du rote, dornenlose
Rose, reinste aller Rosen, große
Weltenrose, Jungfrau, sei gegrüßt! 

Dornen haben, ach, uns wund gestochen,
doch der Herzens Wunde bittres Pochen 
hat Dein Duften selig übersüßt! 

Lassen Schwunges schaufeln sie die Erde,
bis sie Raum gewonnen ihren Leibern. 
Und sie legen sich zum Sterben nieder,
einmal noch die schmalen Lippen öffnend:
"Sei gegrüßt!"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Nacht", appears in Gemma [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 Anna Cramer (1873 - 1968), "Ave Rosa", op. 4 no. 2, published 1910, from Sechs Lieder, no. 2. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 83

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