Madonna | Stig opp, du alle smerters mor

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by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Translation © by Are Frode Søholt

Madonna

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN

Chosen for Diff

Steig, o Mutter aller Schmerzen,
Auf den Altar meiner Verse!
Blut aus deinen magren Brusten
Hat des Schwertes Wut vergossen.

Deine ewig frischen Wunden
Gleichen Augen, rot und offen.
Steig, o Mutter aller Schmerzen,
Auf den Altar meiner Verse!

In den abgezehrten Händen
Hältst du deines Sohnes Leiche.
Ihn zu zeigen aller Menschheit -
Doch der Blick der Menschen meidet
Dich, o Mutter aller Schmerzen!

Text Authorship:

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Madonna", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Évocation", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Madonna", op. 21 no. 6 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Madonna", 1905?, published 1905 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 12, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "聖母", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Madonna", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Madone", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Madonna", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Madonna", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 64

Madonna

Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) after the German (Deutsch)

Chosen for Diff

Stig opp, du alle smerters mor
på alteret til mine vers.
Dei magre brysta dine blør
etter sverdets ville raseri.

Dine alltid ferske sår;
liksom auge, stirrande og raude.
Stig opp, du alle smerters mor
på alteret til mine vers.

I dine visne hender
held du kroppen av din døde son.
Du vil vise han til menneska
men alle vender blikket bort
frå deg, du alle smerters mor.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Norwegian (Nynorsk) copyright © 2008 by Are Frode Søholt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Madonna", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Évocation", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-28
Line count: 13
Word count: 68