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Das Knäblein nach acht Tagen Ward gen Jerusalem Zum Gotteshaus getragen Vom Stall in Bethlehem. Da kommt ein Greis geschritten, Der fromme Simeon, Er nimmt in Tempels Mitten Vom Mutterarm den Sohn. Vom Angesicht des Alten Ein Strahl der Freude bricht, Er preiset Gottes Walten Weissagungsvoll und spricht: "Nun lässest du in Frieden, Herr, deinen Diener gehn, Da du mir noch beschieden, Den Heiland anzusehn, Den du der Welt gesendet, Daß er dem Heidenthum Des Lichtes Helle spendet Zu Deines Volkes Ruhm!" Mit froh [erstaunten]1 Sinnen Vernimmt's der Eltern Paar, Dann tragen sie von hinnen Das Knäblein wunderbar.
Confirmed with Peter Cornelius, Gedichte, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 142.
1 Cornelius: "erstauntem"Text Authorship:
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Simeon", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Simeon", op. 8 no. 4 (1856), published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Weihnachtslieder, no. 4, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Simeon", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Elsa Ebertz) , "Simeon"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Simeone", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Il bimbo di otto giorni fu portato a Gerusalemme alla casa di Dio dalla stalla di Betlemme. Là venne un vecchio venerando, il pio Simeone, che prese in mezzo al tempio il Bambino dalle braccia della madre. Dal volto del vegliardo venne fuori un raggio di gioia, egli lodò la bontà di Dio e profeticamente disse: "Ora lascia andare in pace, Signore, il Tuo servo, ora che mi hai concesso di vedere il Salvatore, che Tu hai mandato al mondo, perché doni ai pagani lo splendore della luce, per gloria del Suo popolo!" Con lieto stupore ascoltarono queste parole i genitori, poi portarono via di là il bellissimo Bambino.
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- 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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Simeon", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
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Word count: 109