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Schlafe, Liebchen, weil's auf Erden Nun so still und seltsam wird! Oben gehn die goldnen Herden, Für uns alle wacht der Hirt. ... Schlingend sich an Bäum' und Zweigen In Dein stilles Kämmerlein, Wie auf goldnen Leitern, steigen Diese Töne aus und ein. ... Und der Töne Klang entführet Weit der buhlerische Wind, Und durch Schloß und Wand ihn spüret Träumend wohl das süsse Kind.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,6 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Abendständchen", op. posth. 75 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2 (1839), published 1849, stanzas 1,3,6 [ four-part men's chorus ]
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abendständchen", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Serenata vespral", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening serenade", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sérénade", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Ninna-nanna", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 127
Dormi, amorino bello, mentre sulla terra tutto è quieto e solitario. Le greggi dorate vanno per il cielo, su noi tutti veglia il pastore. ... E il suono della voce è rapito lontano dal vento cortese, e attraverso pareti e serrature accarezza forse il dolce bimbo che sogna. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,6 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Paolo Montanari, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abendständchen", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
