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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Die ihr schwebet
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Die ihr schwebet
Um diese Palmen
In Nacht und Wind,
Ihr heilgen Engel,
Stillet die Wipfel!
Es schlummert mein Kind.

Ihr Palmen von Bethlehem
Im Windesbrausen,
Wie mögt ihr heute
So zornig sausen!
O rauscht nicht also!
Schweiget, neiget
Euch leis und lind;
Stillet die Wipfel!
Es schlummert mein Kind.

Der Himmelsknabe
Duldet Beschwerde,
Ach, wie so müd er ward
Vom Leid der Erde.
Ach nun im Schlaf ihm
Leise gesänftigt
Die Qual zerrinnt,
Stillet die Wipfel!
Es schlummert mein Kind.

Grimmige Kälte
Sauset hernieder,
Womit nur deck ich
Des Kindleins Glieder!
O all ihr Engel,
Die ihr geflügelt
Wandelt im Wind,
Stillet die Wipfel!
Es schlummert mein Kind.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 1. Geistliche Lieder, no. 4 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), no title, appears in Pastores de Belén. Prosas y Versos Divinos
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Geistliches Wiegenlied", op. 91 (Zwei Gesänge für Alt mit Bratsche und Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1884 [ alto, viola, and piano ], Berlin, Simrock; note: the viola obbligato is based on an old German cradle hymn called "Josef, lieber Josef mein" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900), "Die ihr schwebet um diese Palmen", op. 43 (Geistliche Lieder aus dem spanischen Liederbuche v. E. Geibel u. P. Heyse) no. 2, published 1855 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Merseburger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), "Geistliches Wiegenlied", op. 34 (Vier Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Stillet die Wipfel", op. 40 no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Marienlieder, no. 3, Berlin: Raabe & Plothow Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Wiegenlied der heiligen Jungfrau", op. 100 (Neue Gesänge für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 2, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Cotta [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louise Langhans-Japha (1826 - 1910), "Wiegenlied der Maria", op. 26 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1889 [ low voice and piano ], Dresden, Richter & Hopf [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Die ihr schwebet", op. 11 (Vier Quartette für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3, published 1855 [ satb quartet ], Mainz: B. Schotts Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Woldemar Voullaire (1825 - 1902), "Spanisches Weihnachtslied", op. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg: Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Die ihr schwebet", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Geistliche Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Ihr Palmen von Bethlehem", op. 14 no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Spanisches Liederbuch für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Melchior, Freiherr von Diepenbrock (1798 - 1853) , no title, appears in Geistlicher Blumenstrauß aus spanischen und deutschen Dichter-Gärten, in Geistliche Lieder ; composed by Melchior, Freiherr von Diepenbrock, Eduard Lassen, Joseph Schmid, Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anton Urspruch.
    • Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , "You who hover", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Voi che volate...", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
Line count: 33
Word count: 109

Die hier rondzweeft
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Die hier rondzweeft
Om deze palmen
In nacht en wind,
O, heil'ge eng'len,
Maak stil de kruinen,
Hier sluimert mijn kind.
 
O, palmen van Bethlehem,
Die wind doet ruisen,
Hoe kun je nu toch
Zo toornig druisen!
Ruis niet zo hevig!
Zwijg toch, nijg toch,
Bedaar de wind.
Maak stil de kruinen!
Hier sluimert mijn kind.
  
Het kind des hemels,
Geen die het spaarde!
Ach, hoe vermoeid het werd
Door 't leed der aarde.
Ach, nu in slaap wordt
Stilaan het kalmer,
De pijn ontbindt.
Maak stil de kruinen!
Hier sluimert mijn kind.
 
Grimmige koude
Suist naar beneden,
Waarmee nu dek ik
Het kind zijn leden?
O, alle eng'len,
Die op je vleugels
Zwerft in de wind,
Maak stil de kruinen,
Hier sluimert mijn kind.

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Title for Brahms: "Geestelijk wiegelied"

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2014 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 1. Geistliche Lieder, no. 4 [an adaptation]
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), no title, appears in Pastores de Belén. Prosas y Versos Divinos
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2014-02-07
Line count: 33
Word count: 125

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