Gaze up toward heaven, my child! there dwells a blessed brother of yours

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Blicke zum Himmel, mein Kind! dort wohnt...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

                 Mutter.
Blicke zum Himmel, mein Kind! dort wohnt dir ein seliger Bruder; 
  Weil er mich [nimmer]¹ betrübt, führten die Engel ihn hin.

                 Kind.
Daß kein Engel mich je von der liebenden Brust dir entführe,
  Mutter, so sage du mir, wie ich betrüben dich kann!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Hinrichs

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke in drei Teilen, Erster Teil. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year given], page 85.

¹ Incorrectly given as "immer" in at least one other edition.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Mutter und Kind", appears in Sinngedichte [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 Marie Hinrichs (1828 - 1891), "Blicke zum Himmel", op. 1 (Neun Gesänge) no. 5, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Eugène Adénis-Colombeau (1854 - 1923) ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.
Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

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Gaze up toward heaven, my child! there...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

                 Mother.
Gaze up toward heaven, my child! there dwells a blessed brother of yours;
  Because he [never]¹ saddened me, the angels carried him off.

                 Child.
So that no angel may every take me away from your loving bosom,
  Mother, so tell me how I can sadden you!

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Translations of title(s):
"Mutter und Kind" = "Mother and child"
"Blicke zum Himmel" = "Gaze up toward heaven"

¹ Incorrectly given as "always" in at least one other Uhland edition.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Mutter und Kind", appears in Sinngedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-11
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Word count: 49