Evening Song | Slowly my child gets tired

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Abendlied

(Sung text for setting by M. Reger)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FIN FRE

Langsam wird mein Kindchen müde, 
  leise kommt die Nacht; 
  stille Wolken gehn am Himmel, 
  und der Mond ist aufgewacht. 

Schaut mit seinen klaren Blicken 
  in des Kindes Kämmerlein, 
  streichelt es mit sanften Händen 
  in den schönsten Traum hinein.

Also confirmed with Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte von Albert Sergel, 11.-15. Tausend, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien & Bern: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1921, page 37.

Composition:

Max Reger

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Abendlied", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de capvespre", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Evening Song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening song", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Iltalaulu", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant du soir", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

Evening Song

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Reger)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Slowly my child gets tired,
softly in comes night.
Quiet clouds cross the sky
and the moon has woken up.

The moon looks directly
into the child's little room,
strokes him with a soft hand
and leads him into the loveliest of dreams.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Malcolm Wren, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Abendlied", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 43