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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Ständchen
 (Sung text for setting by J. Lang)
 See original
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 später Stunde noch?

"Ich höre nichts, ich sehe nichts,
O schlummre fort so lind!
Man bringt dir keine Ständchen mehr,
Du armes, krankes Kind!"

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

Composition:

    Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Das Ständchen", op. 43 no. 2 (1878), published 1879 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Ebner

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 [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

The serenade
 (Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)
 See original
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
What sweet sounds awaken me
From my slumbers?
Oh mother, go see! Who might it be
At such a late hour yet?

"I don't hear anything, I don't see anything,
Oh, keep on slumbering so gently!
No one is coming to serenade you anymore,
You poor sick child!"

It is not earthly music
That fills me with such joy.
The angels are calling me with song;
Oh mother, good night!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

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