I pastori | I pastori vegliano nei campi

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by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Die Hirten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Hirten wachen im Feld,
Nacht ist rings auf der Welt,
Wach sind die Hirten alleine
  Im Haine.

Und ein Engel so licht
Grüßet die Hirten und spricht:
"Christ, das Heil aller Frommen,
  Ist kommen!"

Engel singen umher:
"Gott im Himmel sei Ehr'
Und den Menschen hienieden
  Sei Frieden!"

Eilen die Hirten fort,
Eilen zum heilgen Ort,
Beten an in den Windlein
  Das Kindlein.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 140.

Text Authorship:

by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Die Hirten", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Die Hirten", op. 8 no. 2b (1870), published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Weihnachtslieder, no. 2b, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The shepherds", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Elsa Ebertz) , "The Shepherds"
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "I pastori", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 63

I pastori

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

I pastori vegliano nei campi; 
la notte regna sul mondo; 
vegliano solo i pastori 
nella campagna. 

Ed un angelo luminoso 
saluta i pastori e annuncia: 
"Cristo, la salvezza dei giusti, 
è arrivato!" 

Angeli cantano intorno: 
"A Dio in cielo sia gloria! 
Ed agli uomini quaggiù 
sia pace!" 

Si affrettano I pastori, 
si affrettano verso 
il luogo santo, 
pregano il Bambino in fasce.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2011 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Die Hirten", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 62