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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Ein Wiegenlied
 (Sung text for setting by J. Kraus)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
So schlafe nun, du Kleine!
  Was weinest du?
Sanft ist im Mondenscheine
  Und süß die Ruh.

Auch kommt der Schlaf geschwinder
  Und sonder Müh;
Der Mond freut sich der Kinder
  Und liebet sie.

Er liebt zwar auch die Knaben,
  Doch Mädchen mehr,
Gießt freundlich schöne Gaben
  Von oben her,

Auf sie aus, wenn sie saugen,
  Recht wunderbar;
Schenkt ihnen blaue Augen
  Und blondes Haar.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "Ein Wiegenlied", VB 96 (1783), stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Ein Wiegenlied bei Mondschein zu singen"

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "So sleep now, little one [girl]", copyright © 2008, (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: 48
Word count: 196

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