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Schließ die Äuglein, holder Kleiner! Schlafe sicher mir im Arm! O dein Bettlein macht dir keiner Je so weich, so Liebewarm: Mutterliebe wiegt dich ein; Mutterküsse warten dein. Unter tausend, tausend Küssen Aufgewacht, ans Herz gedrückt. Möchtest du nur Einmal wissen, Wie dein Lächeln mich entzückt! Engel-Unschuld lacht mich an: Offen ist der Himmel dann! Wohl dem Herzen voller Treue, Daß sich alles darf gestehn! Kleiner Engel! ohne Reue Kann ich dir ins Auge sehn. Immer, immer lächle so! Nur die Unschuld macht uns froh!
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Confirmed with J.G. Jacobi's sämmtliche Werke, Volume 4, third edition, Zürich: Orell, Füßli und Compagnie, 1819, pages 243-244.Authorship:
- by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814), "Lied einer Mutter" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Schlummerlied", op. 4 (Vier deutsche Lieder) no. 1 (1831?), published <<1838 [ voice and piano ], note: originally published without opus; designated in 1867 as opus 4 ; München und Bern: Joseph Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Schließ die Äuglein, holder Kleiner!", published 1798 [ voice and piano ], from Wiegenlieder für gute deutsche Mütter, no. 4, Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer der Jüngern [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Maria) Heinrich Schmidt (1809 - 1870), "Lied einer Mutter", op. 1 (12 Lieder im Volkstone) no. 8, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Zingsem , "Schliess' die Äuglein, holder Kleiner", subtitle: "Wiegenlied", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Musikalische Universal-Bibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 85
Close your dear eyes, lovely little one, Sleep securely in my arms! Oh, no one else shall make for you a little bed So soft, so warm with love. A mother's love rocks you to sleep, A mother's kisses await you. Woken with thousands and thousands of kisses, [And] pressed to my heart, If you could only know How your smiles delight me! [When] the innocence of an angel smiles at me, Then Heaven is opened before me! It is well for the heart filled with loyalty, That can allow itself anything! Little angel, I can look Into your eyes without regret! Always, always smile thus, Only innocence makes us happy!
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Translated titles:"Lied einer Mutter" = "Song of a mother"
"Schliess' die Äuglein, holde Kleine" = "Close your dear eyes, lovely little one"
"Schließ die Äuglein, holder Kleiner!" = "Close your dear eyes, lovely little one"
"Schlummerlied" = "Slumber song"
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814), "Lied einer Mutter"
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 111