Slumber song | Quietly a snow falls upon the land

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schlummerlied

(Sung text for setting by K. Szymanowski)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   Leise fällt ein Schnee auf das Land.
Leise fällt ein Schnee auf das Herz.
Bald sind wir zugeschneit.

   Wie schön du müde bist,
du junge Frau!

   Und rot im weißen Nebel träumt die Sonne,
im Nebel ein feurig Herz.
Es hat sich müd geglänzt,
das hat sich müd geliebt.
Nun will es ruhn und
schlafen.

   Wie schön du schlafen wirst,
du junge Frau!

Composition:

Karol Maciej Szymanowski

Polish (Polski)

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Schlummerlied", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte, first published 1894

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Slumber song", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 65

Slumber song

(Sung text translation for setting by K. Szymanowski)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Quietly a snow falls upon the land.
Quietly a snow falls upon the heart.
Soon we shall be snowed in.

   How beautifully you are weary,
you young woman!

   And redly the sun dreams in the white mist,
a fiery heart in the mist.
It has gleamed until weary,
it has loved until weary.
Now it wishes to rest and
sleep.

   How beautifully you shall sleep,
you young woman!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Schlummerlied", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte, first published 1894
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 70