Lullaby | At the gateway of Heaven

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by Wilhelm Hosäus (1827 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

An der Himmelspforte

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

An der Himmelspforte 
  Schuh' zum Kaufe stehn,
Für die kleinen Engel,
  Welche barfuß geh'n.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Spanische Volkslieder und Volksreime: Spanische Volks- und Kindermärchen; Einfache Blüthen religiösen Poesie. Nach den von Fernan Caballero gesammelten Originalen in's Deutsch übertragen von Wilhelm Hosäus, Dr. philos. Paderborn, Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1862, p. 116.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Hosäus (1827 - 1900), no title, appears in Spanische Volkslieder und Volksreime: Spanische Volks- und Kindermärchen; Einfache Blüthen religiösen Poesie, in Wiegenlieder, first published 1862 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber (1796 - 1877), as Fernán Caballero [text unavailable]
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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 Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Wiegenlied", op. 14 no. 6, published 1887 [voice and piano], from Spanisches Liederbuch für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 6, Berlin, Weinholtz [
text not verified
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Lullaby", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-04
Line count: 4
Word count: 14

Lullaby

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

At the gateway of Heaven
  Shoes stand for sale,
For the little angels
  Who are going barefoot.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Sharon Krebs, (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 German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Hosäus (1827 - 1900), no title, appears in Spanische Volkslieder und Volksreime: Spanische Volks- und Kindermärchen; Einfache Blüthen religiösen Poesie, in Wiegenlieder, first published 1862
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber (1796 - 1877), as Fernán Caballero [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
Line count: 4
Word count: 17