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Confirmed with Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 141.

¹ Randhartinger (song with string quartet): "In so"
² Hensel: "sehe nichts, ich höre"; Randhartinger (song with string quartet): "höre nichts, ich höre"
³ Lang: "mehr"
⁴ Mendel: "Nicht irdische Musik ist es/ Das"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Ständchen", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 1, first published 1815

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The serenade", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La sérénade", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
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Word count: 61

Hvad milda toner väcka mig
Ur hvilans korta blund?
O moder, hvadan komma de
I denna sena stund?

"Jag varsnar intet. Somna tyst,
O, blifve slumren ljuf!
Mitt arma, sjuka barn, dig ges
Ej serenader nu.
O nej, O nej"

Från jorden komma ej de ljud,
Som helsa mig så gladt;
Nej, det är englaskarans sång, –
Min moder, god natt.