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by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889)

Wie's aussieht im ewigen Freudenhain
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT
Wie's aussieht im [ewigen]1 Freudenhain, 
  Im Himmel, dem hohen, da [oben]2, 
Das wissen die [Kindlein, die kleinen, allein]3, 
  Sie kommen ja grade von [droben]4.

Doch sie können's nicht sagen, unmündig und klein,
  Sie müssen's verschweigen indessen:
Und wachsen heran sie und plaudern sie fein,
  Dann haben sie's leider vergessen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Reger 

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View original text (without footnotes)
1 Doebber, Hermann, Reger: "ew'gen"; further changes may exist for Hermann not noted above.
2 Reger: "droben"
3 Reger: "kleinen Kindlein allein"
4 Reger: "oben"

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889), "Die Kindlein wissen's...", appears in Blätter im Winde: neuere Gedichte [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 Johannes Doebber (1866 - 1921), "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte (nach den Kinderscenen von Robert Schumann), no. 1, Berlin, Wernthal [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Die Kindlein wissen's", published 1899 [ voice and Mason-Hamlin harmonium ], from [Neun] Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Mason-Hamlin-Harmonium, no. 3, Berlin, Koeppen. (Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel.) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eugen Hildach (1849 - 1924), "Wie's aussieht im ew'gen Freudenhain", op. 30 ([Zwei] Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Das kleinste Lied", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Bosworth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Das kleinste Lied", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 (1898) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alfred Steinmann (flourished c1884-1906), "Die Kindlein wissen's", op. 41 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Gries [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-09-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

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