by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

In turbato mare irato
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  FRE GER
In turbato mare irato
naufragatur alma pax.

Cito splende, ah splende, o cara,
in procella tam amara,
suspirata coeli fax.

Splende serena, o lux amata,
nam mersa in mille poenis
languet anima mea.
Stricta mille catenis
in pelago voraci
iam submersa spirat,
sed contemplando te laeta respirat.

Resplende, bella,
divina stella,
et non timebo
mortis horrores

tam cara face
gaudendo in pace,
si contemplabor vos,
cari fulgores.

Alleluia.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans la mer agitée", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Auf wutschäumender See", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 21
Word count: 68

Auf wutschäumender See
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Latin 
Auf wutschäumender See
erlitt der holde Friede Schiffbruch.

Leuchte sogleich, ach leuchte, teure
in solch schwerem Sturm
ersehnte himmlische Fackel.

Sende mir deinen hellen Schein, geliebtes Licht,
schmachtet meine Seele doch
in tausendfacher Pein versunken.
In tausend Ketten gelegt
in des Meeres Schlund
atmet sie nun unter Wasser,
doch, deiner gewahr, atmet sie selig auf.

Leuchte auf, schönes,
heiliges Gestirn,
und ich werde nicht fürchten 
des Todes Schrecken.

So, teure Fackel,
erfreue ich mich des Friedens,
wenn ich deinen 
lieben Schein sehe.

Halleluja.

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  • Translation from Latin to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2009 by Bertram Kottmann, (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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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-09
Line count: 21
Word count: 83