The serenade | What sweet sounds awaken me

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich
Für süße Klänge doch?
O Mutter, sieh! wer mag es sein,
In später Stunde noch?

"Ich höre nichts, ich sehe nichts,
O schlummre fort so lind!
Man bringt dir keine Ständchen jetzt,
Du armes, krankes Kind!"

Es ist nicht irdische Musik,
Was mich so freudig macht;
Mich rufen Engel mit Gesang,
O Mutter, gute Nacht!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Hensel • J. Kittl • C. Kreutzer • J. Lang • C. Loewe • J. Mendel • A. Oechsner • H. Proch • B. Randhartinger • B. Randhartinger • Soubre • L. Spohr • E. Steinkühler • Caroline Sabatier-Ungher • J. Wetzel

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Confirmed with Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 141.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Ständchen", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 1, first published 1815 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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The serenade

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What sweet sounds awaken me
From my slumbers?
Oh mother, go see! Who might it be
At such a late hour yet?

"I don't hear anything, I don't see anything,
Oh, keep on slumbering so gently!
No one is coming to serenade you now,
You poor sick child!"

It is not earthly music
That fills me with such joy.
The angels are calling me with song;
Oh mother, good night!

Available sung text translations: ← What is this?

• J. Lang

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Translated titles:
"Das Ständchen" = "The serenade"
"Ständchen" = "Serenade"
"Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich" = "What awakens me from slumber"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Ständchen", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 1, first published 1815
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 72