Framför en Mariabild vid vägkanten låg en liten moder och bad: "Guds heliga moder, Maria, o, ge mig min son tillbaka! Bland fiender ligger han slagen. Allt annat, det vill jag försaka, allt annat, men lös och befria den ende jag än håller av ur släkternas okända grav. Ge mig min son tillbaka!" De bedjande händerna veko så ödmjukt mot marken tillbaka. Det var som allt höll andan i lyssandets bävande vaka . . . Då ljöd som ett snyftande eko ur himmelens bröst Guds heliga moders röst: Ge mig min son tillbaka, ge mig min son tillbaka . . .
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Authorship:
- by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Modern", op. 50 (Sånger till dikter av Erik Blomberg) no. 3 (1924-6) [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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