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Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå, skønt Himlen var hans eje. Hans pude her blev hø og strå, mørkt var det om hans leje! Men stjernen over huset stod, og oksen kyssed barnets fod. Halleluja! Halleluja! Barn Jesus! Hver sorgfuld sjæl, bliv karsk og glad, ryst af din tunge smerte, et barn er født i Davids stad til trøst for hvert et hjerte. Til barnet vil vi stige ind og blive børn i sjæl og sind. Halleluja! Halleluja! Barn Jesus!
Text Authorship:
- by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), first published 1832 [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 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå" [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by John Theodore Livingston Raynor.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert Schumann, Georg Vierling.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'enfant Jésus était couché dans une crèche", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Μια φάτνη σκέπει το Χριστό", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 80
Die Krippe blieb dem Jesuskind, obwohl die Welt sein Eigen. Nur Heu und Stroh sein Kissen sind, kein Lichtlein wollt’ sich zeigen! Doch e i n Stern überm Stalle stand, und Ochsen küssten Jesu Hand. Halleluja! Halleluja! Klein Jesus! Seid fröhlich, Seelen, die ihr matt, werft ab all Sorg’ und Schmerzen, geboren ist in Davids Stadt, der Tröster aller Herzen. Wir eilen nun zum Kindlein hin und bleiben Kind in Seel' und Sinn. Halleluja! Halleluja! Klein Jesus!
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- Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2014 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), first published 1832
This text was added to the website: 2014-09-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 77