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In des Südens heißen Zonen Blumen giebt es köstlich schön. Eine aber ist vor allen Wunderherrlich anzuseh'n. In dem blendend weißen Kelche Eine Taube [man erblickt]1, Und der fromme Christenwand'rer Andachtsvoll die Blume pflückt. Spirito santo ist ihr Name, Spirito santo, weicher Klang, Spirito Santo, Himmelsblume, Dufte lieblich meinem Sang! Spirito santo, sonnumstrahlet, Blühest rein, wie ein Gebet! Süßer, leiser Friedersodem, Schöne Blume, dich umweht. Still in deinem weißen Kelche, Spirito santo, weilt die Ruh'; Leise flüstre, Spirito santo, Meinem Herzen Frieden zu.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Baronin Emily G...., Weimar: H. Böhlau, 1857, pages 129 - 130.
1 Loewe: "dich entzückt"Text Authorship:
- by Emilie von der Goltz, Generalin Freifrau (1833 - 1907), "Spirito santo", written 1853 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Spirito sancto", op. 143 (1864) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Spirito santo", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Nelle calde regioni del sud nascono fiori di rara bellezza. Ma uno è, più di tutti, meraviglioso a vedersi. Nella bianca splendida corolla ecco una colomba incantevole, ed il pio pellegrino, con devozione, coglie il fiore: Spirito santo è il suo nome, Spirito santo, dolce suono! Spirito santo, fiore del cielo, profuma d'amore il mio canto. Spirito santo, ai raggi del sole fiorisci puro come un preghiera! Dolce, tenue alito di pace, spira, bel fiore, su di te. Tacita nella tua candida corolla, Spirito santo, vive la pace; e pace prega, in tenue mormorio, per il mio cuore.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emilie von der Goltz, Generalin Freifrau (1833 - 1907), "Spirito santo", written 1853
This text was added to the website: 2006-04-08
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Word count: 98