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by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

The lamb
 (Sung text for setting by A. Somervell)
 See original
Language: English 
Our translations:  CAT GER RUS
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bade thee feed,
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?

Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is callèd by thy name,
For He calls Himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and He is mild:
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are callèd by His name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!

Composition:

    Set to music by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "The lamb", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs of Innocence (formerly Four Songs of Innocence), no. 4, London, Stanley Lucas & Co.

Text Authorship:

  • by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The lamb", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 4, first published 1789

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'anyell", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Thomas F. Schubert) , "Das Lamm", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Агнец", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 114

L'anyell
 (Sung text translation for setting by A. Somervell)
 See original
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the English 
Petit anyell, qui t’ha creat?
Saps qui et va crear?
Qui et donà la vida i t’oferí aliment,
prop del riu i arreu a les prades; 
et donà un vestit de delícia,
un abrigall flonjo de llana, blanc lluminós;
qui et donà una veu tan tendre
que alegra totes les valls?
Petit anyell, qui t’ha creat?
Saps qui et va crear?

Petit anyell, jo t’ho diré,
petit anyell, jo t’ho diré:
ell s’anomena amb el teu nom
car també es fa dir anyell.
Ell és dòcil i ell és benèvol,
ell esdevingué un petit infant.
Jo un infant i tu un anyell,
a tots dos se’ns crida pel Seu nom.
Petit anyell, que Déu et beneeixi!
Petit anyell, que Déu et beneeixi!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2014 by Salvador Pila, (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 English by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The lamb", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 4, first published 1789
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 122

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