by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)
Schlaflied für dich
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Komm zu mir, dann wieg' ich dich, wiege dich zur Ruh'. Komm zu mir und weine nicht, mach die Augen zu. Ich flechte Dir aus meinem Haar eine Wiege, sieh! Schläfst drin aller Schmerzen bar, träumst drin ohne Müh'. Meine Augen sollen dir blinkend Spielzeug sein. Meine Lippen schenk' ich dir -- trink dich in sie ein.
Confirmed with Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Blütenlese. Gedichte, Herausgegeben von Adolf Rauchwerger, Tel Aviv: Telaviv University [Press], 1979, page 105.
Text Authorship:
- by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Schlaflied für dich", appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Zweiter Teil, in Wilder Mohn [author's text checked 2 times 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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Schlaflied für dich", copyright © 2019 [ soprano, viola d'amore and cello ], from Blossoms, no. 2, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Yiddish (יידיש), a translation by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983) , copyright © by Ruth Levin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Leibu Levin.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sleeping song for you", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
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