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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

So schlafe nun, du Kleine!
 (Sung text for setting by H. Eisler)
 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.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "So schlafe nun, du Kleine!", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1922), stanzas 1-2

Text Authorship:

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

See other settings of this text.

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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