Meinem Kinde

Du schläfst und sachte neig' ich mich
Über dein Bettchen und segne dich.
Jeder behutsame Atemzug
Ist ein schweifender Himmelsflug,
Ist ein Suchen weit umher,
Ob nicht doch ein Sternlein wär'
Wo aus eitel Glanz und Licht 
Liebe sich ein Glückskraut bricht,
Das sie geflügelt herniederträgt
Und dir auf's weiße Deckchen legt.
Du schläfst und sachte neig' ich mich
Über dein Bettchen und segne dich.

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Authorship

• by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916) [ 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 Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Meinem Kinde", op. 51 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1. [voice and piano] [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Meinem Kinde", op. 43 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 (1900), published 1900 [high voice and piano], München, Aibl Verl. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Meinem Kinde", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [voice and piano], München, Aibl. Verlag [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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

• ENG English (Joel Ayau) , title 1: "To my child", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "À mon enfant", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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To my child

You sleep and gently I lean
Over your little bed and bless you.
Every cautious intake of breath
Is a roaming flight to heaven,
Is a searching all around,
To see if there isn't yet a little star
Where from sheer gloss and light
Love could break off a good-luck herb,
Which then Love, winged, will carry down
And lay on your little white blanket.
You are sleeping and gently I lean
Over your little bed and bless you.

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Joel Ayau, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
  
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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916) FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun, Max Reger, Richard Georg Strauss. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2008-12-10.
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