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Schlafe Kindlein, schlafe, Thu' die Äuglein zu, [Ob auch Donner rollen Ueber deiner Ruh!]1 Ob die [Stürme brausen]2, Zuckt der Blitze Schein, Möge doch mein Kindlein Ruhig [schlummern]3 ein! Gottes Engel [hüten]4 Deinen [stillen]5 Schlaf! Wen der Herr behütet, Nie ein Wetter traf! Und wir [sollten]6 zagen, Wo ein Kindlein ruht? Sind wir all' nicht Kinder In des Vaters Hut?
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Mein Liederbuch. Gedichte von Ottilie Wildermuth, herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter Agnes Willms, Stuttgart: Verlag der Gebrüder Kröner, 1877, page 160.
Note: Ottilie Wildermuth’s poems were not published until after her death. Josephine Lang knew her personally and obtained the poems directly from the poet. Therefore the changes noted in the footnotes might not be Lang’s, but rather earlier versions by Wildermuth herself.
2 Lang: "Donner rollen"
3 Lang: "schlafen"
4 Lang: "schirmen"
5 Lang: "linden"
6 Lang: "wollten"
Text Authorship:
- by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877), no title, written 1848, appears in Mein Liederbuch, in Haus und Heimat, in Wiegenlieder in stürmischer Zeit. (1848.), no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Wiegenlied in stürmischer Zeit", op. 30 (2 Lieder) no. 2, published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Verlag der Ebner’schen Kunst- und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-13
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Word count: 67
Sleep, little child, sleep! Close your little eyes; [Even if thunder rolls Over your rest!]1 Even if [storms roar]2, [If] lightning quivers, May my little child Fall quietly asleep! God's angels guard Your [quiet]3 slumber! Those whom God protects Have never been harmed by a storm! And we [should]4 despair [in a situation] Where a child rests? Are we not all children In the Father's care?
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View text without footnotesTranslation of title "Wiegenlied in stürmischer Zeit" = "Lullaby in stormy times"
1 Lang: "God's angels are guarding / Your sweet rest!"2 Lang: "thunder rolls"
3 Lang: "gentle"
4 Lang: "would"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877), no title, written 1848, appears in Mein Liederbuch, in Haus und Heimat, in Wiegenlieder in stürmischer Zeit. (1848.), no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 71