possibly by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791)
Weihnachtslied See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du,
Schlaf wohl, du süßes Kind!
Dich fächeln Engelein in Ruh
Mit sanftem Himmelswind.
Wir arme Hirten singen dir
Ein herzigs Wiegenliedlein für.
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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Weihnachtslied", WoO. 2 (1870), stanza 1 [ voice, piano ], from Jugendlieder
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791), "Der Hirten Lied am Kripplein", subtitle: "Geistliches Volkslied aus Schlesien"
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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