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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Was wecken aus dem Schlummer mich
Für süße Klänge doch?
O Mutter, sieh! wer mag es sein,
[In]1 später Stunde noch?

"Ich [höre nichts, ich sehe]2 nichts,
O schlummre fort so lind!
Man bringt dir keine Ständchen [jetzt]3,
Du armes, krankes Kind!"

[Es ist nicht irdische Musik,
Was]4 mich so freudig macht;
Mich rufen Engel mit Gesang,
O Mutter, gute Nacht!

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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
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

Serenaden
 (Sung text for setting by R. Andersson)
 See original
Language: Swedish (Svenska)  after the German (Deutsch) 
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.

Composition:

    Set to music by Richard Andersson (1851 - 1918), "Serenaden" [ voice and piano ], from Trenne sånger (Ord af Runeberg) vid Piano, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Serenaden"

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Ständchen", appears in Balladen und Romanzen, in Sterbeklänge, no. 1, first published 1815
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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