Implore to Mary | To you, mother of God, we call

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Ruf zur Maria

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Dich, Mutter Gottes, ruf' wir an,
bitt' für uns, Maria!
Tu' uns in Ängsten nicht verlan,
Jesum, dein Sohn, der Not ermahn,
die er um menschlich Geschlecht wollte han,
bitt' für uns, Maria!

Dass wir vollkommen werden gar,
bitt für uns, Maria!
Leib, Ehr' und Gut auf Erd' bewahr',
dass wir in Zeit viel guter Jahr'
dort leben mit der Engel Schar,
bitt' für uns, Maria!

Du bist der Brunn, der nicht verseicht,
bitt' für uns, Maria!
Dass uns der heilig Geist erleucht
zu wahrer Reu und ganzer Beicht!
Jesus, dein Sohn, dir nicht verzeicht,
bitt' für uns, Maria!

Text 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), "Ruf zur Maria", op. 22 no. 5 (1859), published 1862 [ mixed chorus ], from Marienlieder, no. 5, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aanroeping tot Maria", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Implore to Mary", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Invocations à Marie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giovanni Duci) , "Invocazione a Maria", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , "Invocación a 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: 18
Word count: 99

Implore to Mary

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

To you, mother of God, we call,
Pray for us, Mary!
Don't leave us alone in our sorrows,
do remind Jesus, your son, of the agony he went through
On behalf of mankind.
Pray for us, Mary!

In our strivings for perfection,
Pray for us, Mary!
Save our body, honour and earthly goods
So that we, after many good years
Can live together with the angels,
Pray for us, Mary!

You are the well that never runs dry,
Pray for us, Mary!
That the Holy Spirit may enlighten us
to true repentance and complete confession!
Jesus, your son would want you to
Pray for us, Mary!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 106