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by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863)

Auf ein schlummerndes Kind
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Wenn ich, o Kindlein, vor dir stehe,
Wenn ich im Traum dich lächeln sehe,
  Wenn du erglühst so wunderbar,
Da ahne ich mit süßem Grauen:
Dürft' ich in deine Träume schauen,
  So wär' mir alles, alles klar.

Dir ist die Erde noch verschlossen,
Du hast noch keine Lust genossen,
  Noch ist kein Glück, was du empfindest;
Wie könntest du so süß denn träumen,
Wenn du nicht noch in jenen Räumen,
  Woher du kamest, dich ergingst ?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Cornelius 

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Auf ein schlummerndes Kind", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Auf ein schlummerndes Kind", op. 5 (6 Lieder) no. 2 (1861) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Auf ein Schlummerndes Kind", op. 22 (Acht Lieder) no. 7 (1895), published 1895 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "To a sleeping child", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur un enfant assoupi", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John H. Campbell

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 76

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