Thousand cherubim in chorus | Thousand cherubim in chorus

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Mille cherubini in coro

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Mille cherubini in coro
ti sorridono dal ciel.
Una dolce canzone
t'accarezza il crin.
Una man ti guida lieve
fra le nuvole d'or,
sognando e vegliando
su te, mio tesor,
proteggendo il tuo cammin.

Dormi, dormi,
sogna, piccolo amor mio.
Dormi, sogna,
posa il capo sul mio cor.

Chiudi gli occhi,
ascolta gli angioletti,
dormi, dormi,
sogna, piccolo amor.

Chiudi gli occhi,
ascolta gli angioletti,
dormi, dormi,
sogna, piccolo amor.

Note: Melichar's setting of this text is an arrangement of a melody by Schubert whose text can be found here.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Alois Melichar (1896 - 1976), "Mille cherubini in coro", copyright © 1950 [voice and piano], an arrangement of a melody by Schubert [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Tausend Cherubim im Chore", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Thousand cherubim in chorus", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-24
Line count: 21
Word count: 70

Thousand cherubim in chorus

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Thousand cherubim in chorus 
smile on you from heavens high. 
Sweet the tune that caresses 
delicately your face. 
Tenderly a hand is guiding 
you through clouds shining gold, 
it’s dreaming and keeping watch 
over you, precious child, 
and protecting your path through life. 

Slumber, slumber, 
dream my lovely little baby. 
Dream and slumber
rest your head on mother’s heart. 

Just close your eyes now, 
hark to the little angels, 
slumber, slumber, 
dream my pretty little love. 

Just close your eyes now, 
hark to the little angels, 
slumber, slumber, 
dream my pretty little love.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2017-01-24
Line count: 21
Word count: 93