Sleep well, you child of heaven | Sleep well, you child of heaven

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possibly by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Weihnachtslied

(Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)

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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 herzigs Wiegenliedlein für.
    Schlafe! 
  Himmelssöhnchen, schlafe! 

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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:

Richard Georg Strauss

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

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

Sleep well, you child of heaven

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Strauss)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Sleep well, you child of heaven,
sleep well, you sweet child;
little angels fan you calmly
with the gentle breeze of Heaven.
We poor shepherds sing for you
a little heartfelt lullaby;
sleep, little child of heaven, sleep.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791)
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This text was added to the website: 2006-02-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 80