Aus dem Himmel ferne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Aus dem Himmel ferne,
wo die Englein sind,
schaut doch Gott so gerne
her auf jedes Kind.
Höret seine Bitte
treu bei Tag und Nacht,
nimmt's bei jedem Schritte
väterlich in Acht.
Giebt mit Vaterhänden
ihm sein täglich Brod,
hilft an allen Enden
ihm aus Angst und Noth.
Sagt's den Kindern allen,
daß ein Vater ist,
dem sie wohlgefallen,
der sie nie vergißt.
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Confirmed with Noch fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder von Wilhelm Hey, mit Bildern von Otto Speckter, nebst ein ernsthaften Anhange, neue Ausgabe, Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1852. Appears in Anhang, pages 5 - 6.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Nachtgebet", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Der liebe Gott im Himmel", op. 75 (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 1 (1860) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Aus dem Himmel ferne", op. 160 (Ein- und zweistimmige Kinderlieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1841 [ voice or vocal duet and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Aus dem Himmel ferne" [ duet ], from Zwölf Kinderlieder aus dem Anhange des Specter'schen Fabelbuches, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Francis L. Soper) , "From the heav'ns above", appears in Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes, first published 1850 [an adaptation]
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Evening prayer", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2004-11-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 63
Evening prayer
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
From out the heavens high above,
With angels, meek and mild,
A loving God looks down with love
On each and every child.
Heed His loving guidance,
True by day and night;
Be known to live with patience
In a Father's patient sight.
Daily bread is given thus
By our Father's hand,
And in those times which worry us,
Beside us does God stand.
Say to all God's children,
God watches from above;
That we not forget this, then,
But think on God's true love.
Text Authorship:
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 85
