Alt Mütterlein

In Sonnenglut, in Mittagsruh
Liegt stumm das Hospital;
Es sitzt ein altes Mütterlein,
Am Fenster bleich und fahl. 

Ihr Aug' ist trüb, ihr Haar schneeweiß,
Ihr Mieder rein und schlicht,
Sie freut sich wohl und lächelt still,
Im warmen Sonnenlicht. 

Am Fenster blüht ein Rosenstock
Viel Bienlein rings herum,
Stört denn die stille Alte nicht 
Das emsige Gesumm? 

Sie schaut in all' die Sonnenlust 
So selig stumm hinein:
Noch schöner wird's im Himmel sein,
Du liebes Mütterlein!

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Alt Mütterlein", op. 19 no. 2, note: also set in Russian

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Starushka", op. 19 no. 2, note: also set in German

Date added to the website: 2004-01-21.

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Starushka

V poldnevnyj znoj, bezmolven, tikh
Stojit bol'nichnyj dom;
Starushka tam sidit, bledna, 
Na solnce, pred oknom.

Belejet sneg jeja volos,
Svjatoj pokoj v ochakh,
Ona sidit, chista, svetla
Na solnce, vsja v luchakh.

Kust rozy pod oknom cvetet,
Kruzhitsja pchelok roj,
Ne narushajet li ikh shum,
Starushka, tvoj pokoj?

V cvetushchij mir ona gljadit,
Tak tikho, vsja v luchakh:
Jeshchjo prekrasnej budet tam,
Starushka, v nebesakh!

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Note on Transliteration

by O. Karatyginaya

a text in German by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Starushka", op. 19 no. 2, note: also set in German

Date added to the website: 2004-01-21.