Havvi un Dio

English Libretto or Translation:

MARIA
Accursed Hymenaeus,
you wanted me to embrace him, o mother!
Having obeyed you,
you see, it will cost me my life!

There is a God who in his clemency
looks at the unhappy,
He writes obedience of his children
in heaven, and blesses them;
Oh! His saving arm,
mother, appeals to my grace...
Ah! Only you can save me
from a bitter and hard death
To a mother at prayer,
no, Heaven has never been closed.

What sudden calm
comes over the storm
that stirred my soul?
Proof of your grace, mother, is this!

The sky seems to smile
kindly at my heated pleas;
Finally my long torments
will come to an end
I feel a ray of hope descending
sweetly into my heart,
the future is dressed
in many sweet images.


Translation by: Irene Hoogveld