Cradle song | Once in a quiet hamlet, which on high

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by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wiegengesang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich hab einmal in einem stillen Weiler,
der sich hoch oben zog den Berg entlang,
ein Lied gehört, das eine sanfte Mutter
dem sanften Schlummer ihres Kindes sang.

Wo sind die Berge meiner Jugend heute?
Was singt die Mutter heute ihrem Glück?
Ich weiß es nicht!  Doch kehrt zu Zeiten
das ferne Lied mir in den Sinn zurück!

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Text Authorship:

by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965) [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 Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Wiegengesang", 1903, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 24 Präludien für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 24, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Wiegengesang" [ voice and string quartet ], arranged in 1912 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Cradle song", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
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Word count: 58

Cradle song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Once in a quiet hamlet, which on high
Strung itself along the mountain,
I heard a song, that a gentle mother
Sang to the gentle slumber of her child.
 
Where are the mountains of my youth today?
What does the mother sing today to her blessing?
I know it not!  But from time to time
The distant song returns to my spirit!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 62