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O schlummre süß, o schlummre lind, Wie in der Wiege ohne Harm. Im Traume lächelnd schläft das Kind In seiner Mutter treuem Arm. O schlummre süß, o schlummre mild, Ist deine Seele doch so rein. Der holde Traum, der sie erfüllt, Wird lieblich wie ein Engel sein. O schlummre süß, die Blume auch Neigt ja ihr Haupt in sanfter Ruh, Die Rose schläft an ihrem Strauch, O schlafe, schlafe drum auch du. So wie die Mutter lauschend wacht Auf ihres Lieblings Schlummerhauch, So denk ich dein in jeder Nacht Und wenn auch fern, schütz ich dich auch. O schlummre süß, o schlummre lind, Wie in der Wiege ohne Harm. Im Traume lächelnd schläft das Kind, In seiner Mutter treuem Arm.
Confirmed with Lieder und Gesänge von E. von Wildenbruch, Berlin: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Georg Stilfte, 1877, pages 9-10.
Note to stanza 4, line 3: in this 1877 edition there is a typo in the poem ("denn" instead of "dein"); subsequent editions of Wildenbruch's works correct this error.
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Oh slumber sweetly, oh slumber gently As in the cradle, without grief. Smiling in its dreams, the child sleeps In its mother's faithful arms. Oh slumber sweetly, oh slumber softly, For your soul is so pure. The lovely dream that fills your soul Shall be as lovely as an angel. Oh slumber sweetly, the flower, too, Now droops its head in gentle rest, The rose sleeps upon its bush, Oh therefore sleep, you sleep as well. As, listening, a mother keeps watch Over the breath of her darling in slumber, Thus I think of you during every night, And though I am far away, I, too, protect you. Oh slumber sweetly, oh slumber gently, As in the cradle, without grief. Smiling in its dreams, the child sleeps In its mother's faithful arms.
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