Lullaby | Eia popeia, go to sleep!

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by Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm Fitger (1840 - 1909)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wiegenlied

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Eia popeia, schlaf' ein!
Musst dein rosiges [Füsslein]¹ stecken
Unter die Decken;
Füsslein ist noch so klein;
Kann noch nicht gehen allein.

Eia popeia, schlaf' ein!
Gehen lernt mein kleiner Geselle
Wie schnelle!  wie schnelle!
O Gott im Himmel mein,
Was [wird]² seine Strasse wohl sein!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Walter

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Confirmed with Requiem aeternam dona ei: Gedichte von A. Fitger, Leipzig: A. G. Liebeskind, 1894. Appears in Preces ejus non sunt dignae, page 75.

¹ Kirchner: "Füsschen" ; Further changes may exist not shown above.
² Walter: "mag"

Text Authorship:

by Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm Fitger (1840 - 1909), "Wiegenlied", subtitle: "Nach Jacques Normand", appears in Requiem aeternam dona ei: Gedichte, in Preces ejus non sunt dignae [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jacques Clary Jean Normand (1848 - 1931) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gustav Fischer , "Wiegenlied", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Wiegenlied", published 1896 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Walter , "Wiegenlied", op. 29 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lullaby", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Ariel State-Ezust [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 48

Lullaby

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Eia popeia, go to sleep!
You must put your rosy little foot
Under the blanket;
The dear foot is still so small;
Cannot walk by itself yet.

Eia popeia, go to sleep!
My little comrade shall learn to walk
So quickly!  so quickly!
Oh, my God in Heaven,
What [shall]¹ his pathway be!

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¹ Walter: "might"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Arthur Heinrich Wilhelm Fitger (1840 - 1909), "Wiegenlied", subtitle: "Nach Jacques Normand", appears in Requiem aeternam dona ei: Gedichte, in Preces ejus non sunt dignae
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jacques Clary Jean Normand (1848 - 1931) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 54