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Maria ging aus wandern, so fern ins fremde Land, bis sie Gott den Herren fand. Sie hat ihn schon gefunden wohl vor des Herodes Haus, er sah so betrüblich aus. Das Kreuz, das musst' er tragen nach Jerusalem vor die Stadt, wo er gemartet ward. Was trug er auf seinem Haupte? Ein' scharfe Dornenkron'; das Kreuz, das trägt er schon. Daran soll man bedenken, ein jeder jung or alt, dass das Himmelreich leidet Gewalt!
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Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Marias Wallfahrt", op. 22 no. 3 (1859), published 1862 [ mixed chorus ], from Marienlieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Marias Wallfahrt", WoO. 32 no. 22 (1858), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 22, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Maria ging aus wandern", WoO. 33 no. 14, published [1894], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 14, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Maria's pilgrimage", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le pélerinage de Marie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giovanni Duci) , "Il pellegrinaggio di Maria", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , "La peregrinación de María", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 74
Maria uscì peregrinando
in paese lontano e straniero,
finché incontrò il Signore Iddio.
Lo ha proprio incontrato
davanti alla casa di Erode:
pareva così rattristato.
La croce, che dovette portare
a Gerusalemme fuori città,
dove venne martoriato.
Che aveva in capo?
una pungente corona di spine:
la croce, già la porta.
Tenga ben conto ognuno,
giovane o vecchio,
che il regno dei cieli
patisce violenza!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © by Giovanni Duci, (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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 66