Madonna Mia
Language:
English
A lily-girl, not made for this world's pain,
With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears,
And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears
Like bluest water seen through mists of rain:
Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain,
Red underlip drawn in for fear of love,
And white throat, whiter than the silvered dove,
Through whose wan marble creeps one purple vein.
Yet, though my lips shall praise her without cease,
Even to kiss her feet I am not bold,
Being o'ershadowed by the wings of awe.
Like Dante, when he stood with Beatrice
Beneath the flaming Lion's breast, and saw
The seventh Crystal, and the Stair of Gold.
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Set in
German,
adapted by
Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
GER
Date added to the website: 2003-10-19.
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Madonna mia
Language:
German
Ein Lilienmädchen, fremd im Erdenleben,
Mit braunem Haar, geflochten dicht am Ohr,
Sehnsücht'gen Augen, halb im Tränenflor
Wie blaustes Wasser unterm Regenweben:
Die Wangen nie erglüht in heissem Beben,
Die Unterlippe eingezogen bang
In Furcht vor Liebe, und den Hals entlang
im Marmorweiss nur eine Ader eben.
Doch soll mein Mund auch ohne Rast ihr singen,
Selbst ihre Füsse küsst'ich nimmermehr,
Weil überschattet von der Ehrfurcht Schwingen
Wie Dante, als mit Beatricen er
Unter des Greisen Brust, die Flammen schlug,
Im siebten Himmel sah den goldnen Zug.
Authorship
Based on
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Date added to the website: 2003-10-19.
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