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Das zarte Knäblein ward ein Mann, Erlöst uns von der Sünde Bann; Doch [neigt]1 er freundlich immerdar Und liebend sich zur Kinderschar. Habt ihr den Ruf des Herrn vernommen, Des Heilands Stimme mild und weich? "Lasset die Kleinen zu mir kommen, Denn ihrer ist das Himmelreich!" Mich aber mahnt die Weihnachtszeit An Träume der Vergangenheit; Erinnrungsodem hauchet mild Den Schleier von der Kindheit Bild; Da Lichter hell am Baum erglommen, Ist mir, als würd' ich Kindern gleich, Als dürft' ich mit Euch Kleinen kommen, Zu theilen Euer Himmelreich.
Confirmed with Peter Cornelius, Gedichte, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 143.
1 Cornelius: "neigt' "Text Authorship:
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Christus der Kinderfreund", 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), "Christus der Kinderfreund", op. 8 no. 5 (1856), published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Weihnachtslieder, no. 5, Leipzig, Fritzsch; note: in 1979 Geoffrey Emerson wrote a clarinet part to go along with this song [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Christ the Friend of Children", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Elsa Ebertz) , "Christ, the Children's friend"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Cristo, l'amico dei bambini", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Il tenero Bimbo diventò un uomo, ci ha liberato dalla maledizione del peccato; ma si china sempre con amicizia e amore verso la schiera dei bambini. Avete sentito il richiamo del Signore, la voce del Salvatore, dolce e morbida? "Lasciate che i piccoli vengano a me, perché loro è il regno dei Cieli!" Mi riporta il tempo di Natale ai sogni del passato; il respiro della memoria muove dolcemente il velo delle immagini dell'infanzia; allora splendevano le luci sull'albero, mi sembra di diventare simile ai bambini, come se potessi venire con voi piccoli, a condividere il vostro Regno dei Cieli.
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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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Christus der Kinderfreund", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
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