LiederNet logo

CONTENTS

×
  • Home | Introduction
  • Composers (20,102)
  • Text Authors (19,442)
  • Go to a Random Text
  • What’s New
  • A Small Tour
  • FAQ & Links
  • Donors
  • DONATE

UTILITIES

  • Search Everything
  • Search by Surname
  • Search by Title or First Line
  • Search by Year
  • Search by Collection

CREDITS

  • Emily Ezust
  • Contributors (1,114)
  • Contact Information
  • Bibliography

  • Copyright Statement
  • Privacy Policy

Follow us on Facebook

possibly by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791)

Wiegenlied zu Weihnachten
 (Sung text for setting by Anonymous)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du,
  Schlaf wohl, du süßes Kind! 
Dich fächeln Engelein in Ruh
  Mit sanftem Himmelswind. 
Wir arme Hirten singen dir 
Ein herzig Wiegenliedlein für.
    Schlafe! 
  Himmelssöhnchen, schlafe! 

Maria hat mit Mutterlieb' 
  Dich leise zugedeckt;
Und Joseph hält den Hauch zurück, 
  Daß er dich nicht weckt.
Die Schäflein, die im Stalle sind,
Verstummen vor dir Himmelskind.
     Schlafe! 
  Himmelssöhnchen, schlafe! 

Und wirst du groß, dann fließt dein Blut 
  Von Golgatha herab; 
Ans Kreuz schlägt dich der Menschen Wuth,
  Dann legt man dich ins Grab. 
Hab immer deine Äuglein zu,
Denn du bedarfst der süßen Ruh.
    Schlafe!
  Himmelssöhnchen, schlafe!

 ... 

Note: this poem is found in Schubart's writings but marked as a "Geistliches Volkslied aus Schlesien", which may mean it is a folk text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , as K. W., "Wiegenlied zu Weihnachten", stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791), "Der Hirten Lied am Kripplein", subtitle: "Geistliches Volkslied aus Schlesien"

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sleep well, you child of heaven", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 141

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project by Emily Ezust, who has been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your help is greatly appreciated!
–Emily Ezust, Founder

Donate

We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.

I acknowledge the use of cookies

Contact
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright © 2025 The LiederNet Archive

Site redesign by Shawn Thuris