Snow White in the cradle | It is so quiet in the castle

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schneewittchen in der Wiege

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

So stille ist's im Schlosse,
Geht Alles auf den Zeh'n,
Die Bronnen hört man rauschen,
Die Winde hört man wehn.
 
Schneewittchen in der Wiegen
Träumt lächelnd für sich hin,
Die Mutter schaukelt's leise,
Die blasse Königin.
 
Sie singt ein altes Liedchen,
Das hat so wehen Klang,
Durch hohe Bogenfenster
Schwebt zitternd der Gesang.
 
Da reckt der Tag die Glieder[,]
Die Tauben werden wach,
Die Sonne klettert lustig
Bis auf des Schlosses Dach.
 
Schneewittchen in der Wiegen
Träumt lächelnd für sich hin --
Die Mutter ist gestorben,
Die blasse Königin.

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, pages 127-128.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Schneewittchen in der Wiege", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 36 [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Schneewittchen in der Wiege", op. 73 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Snow White in the cradle", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Blanche-neige au berceau", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 88

Snow White in the cradle

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

It is so quiet in the castle,
Everyone is walking on tiptoes,
One hears the water-springs burbling,
One hears the winds blowing.

Snow White in the cradle
Lies dreaming smilingly,
Her mother is gently rocking her,
The pale queen.

She sings an old song
That has such a woeful sound,
Through the high-arched windows
The song wafts tremblingly.

Day stretches its limbs,
The doves waken,
The sun climbs merrily
Up to the roof of the castle.

Snow White in the cradle
Lies dreaming smilingly,
Her mother has died,
The pale queen.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Schneewittchen in der Wiege", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 36
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-16
Line count: 20
Word count: 91