Gottes Segen | Das Kind ruht aus vom Spielen

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Das Kind ruht aus vom Spielen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Das Kind ruht aus vom Spielen,
Am Fenster rauscht die Nacht,
Die Engel [Gott's]¹ im Kühlen
Getreulich halten Wacht.

Am Bettlein still sie stehen,
Der Morgen graut noch kaum,
Sie küssen's, eh sie gehen,
Das Kindlein lacht im Traum.

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von M. Simion, 1841, page 364.

¹ Lachner: "Gottes"

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Gottes Segen", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Gottes Segen ", 2011 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Kinder-lieder für Erwachsene, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Willy Hess (1906 - 1997), "Gottes Segen", op. 23 no. 6 (1940-1942) [ voice and piano ], from Sonnenland : Sechs Lieder und Gesänge mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Kurt Hessenberg (1908 - 1994), "Gottes Segen", op. 30 no. 4, published 1950 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Gottes Segen", op. 57 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Das Kind ruht aus", op. 25, Heft 1 no. 3, published 1853 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], from Kinderlieder für 2 Soprane mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Mainz: Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "Gottes Segen", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (1877), published 1880 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Philipp (1890 - 1972), "Gottes Segen", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Leipzig: N. Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Rankl (1898 - 1968), "Gottes Segen ", 1964 [ high voice and piano ], from 3 Wiegenlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Gottes Segen", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 31 (1907) [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Reichel , "Gottes Segen", op. 6 (Vier Terzetten) no. 4, published 1874 [ vocal trio ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Gottes Segen", op. 35 no. 3 (1928) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Keller, Storm und Eichendorff, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Senff (1858 - 1932), "Gottes Segen", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Wehde [sung text not yet checked]
by Bruno Walter (1876 - 1962), "Des Kindes Schlaf", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von Josef von Eichendorff, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Gottes Segen", op. 10 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, Ed. no. 8565 [sung text not yet checked]
by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Gottes Segen", op. 14 (Vier Gedichte von Eichendorff) no. 4, published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Angels' vigil"

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