English translation of Mein liebes Kind ade

by (Adolf) Wilhelm Kampmann (b. 1851), "Mein liebes Kind ade", op. 22, published 1874 [ baritone and piano ], Elberfeld, Küpper

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Dort [ist so]1 tiefer Schatten,
Du schläfst in guter Ruh',
Es deckt mit grünen Matten
Der liebe Gott dich zu.

Die alten Weiden neigen
Sich auf dein Bett herein,
Die Vöglein in den Zweigen
Sie singen treu dich ein.

Und wie in goldnen Träumen
Geht linder Frühlingswind
Rings in den stillen Bäumen --
Schlaf wohl mein [süßes]2 Kind!

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämtliche poetische Werke, dritte Auflage, Erster Band, Gedichte, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, Leipzig, 1883.

1 Kampmann: "unten ist"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Greith: "liebes"

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Mein liebes Kind, ade!
Ich konnt' ade nicht sagen
Als sie dich fortgetragen,
Vor tiefem, tiefem Weh.
 
[Jetzt]1 auf lichtgrünem Plan
Stehst du im Myrtenkranze,
Und lächelst aus dem Glanze
Mich still voll Mitleid an.
 
Und Jahre nahn und gehn,
Wie bald bin ich verstoben -
O bitt für mich da droben,
Daß wir uns wiedersehn!

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1 Kiel: "Und"

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Author(s): Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Yonder are such deep shadows,
You lie sleeping well in peace,
The dear God covers you up
with green meadows.

The old willows bow
Down upon your bed,
The little birds in their branches
Sing you to sleep faithfully.

And as if in golden dreaming
A mild spring wind passes
Through the quiet trees round about --
Sleep well, my sweet child!

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English poem title: 9. of "On the Death of My Child"
English song title (Fielitz, Greith): Yonder are such deep shadows
English song title (Kaufmann): Sleep well, my child
English song title (Reinecke): On the Child's Death
English song title (Schottky, Seyffardt): On the Death of My Child


My dear child, adieu!
I could not say adieu
When they carried you away,
Because of [my] deep, deep sorrow.

Now upon a bright green plain
You stand wearing a myrtle wreath,
And from out the brightness you
Quietly smile at me, full of sympathy.

And years approach and pass,
How soon shall I be dispersed --
Oh entreat for me there above,
That we may see each other again.

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English poem title: 10. of "On the Death of My Child"
English song title (Fieletz, Kiel): My dear child, adieu!
English song title (Herzogenberg): Adieu!


Translation © by Sharon Krebs