Lieblicher Knab', ich wiege
Language: German (Deutsch)
Lieblicher Knab', ich wiege
Singend dich ein in Schlummer,
Knabe, lächle noch einmal!
Eh du die Äuglein schließest,
Eh du die Händchen streckest,
Knabe, lächle noch einmal!
Trug ich dich nicht neun Monde
Unter gedrücktem Herzen?
Knabe, lächle noch einmal!
Und da der Storch dich brachte,
Biß er nicht deine Mutter?
Knabe, lächle noch einmal!
Säug' ich dich nicht an meinem
Klopfenden Mutterherzen?
Knabe, lächle noch einmal!
Wenn du der Mutter lächelst,
Wird dich der Vater lieben,
Knabe, lächle noch einmal!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• H. Nägeli H. Nägeli sets stanzas 1-3, 5-6
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Wiegenlied", published 1794, stanzas 1-3,5-6 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Erste Sammlung, Zürich, Verlag des Verfassers [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Lieblicher Knab', ich wiege", published 1798 [ voice and piano ], from Wiegenlieder für gute deutsche Mütter, no. 3, Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer der Jüngern [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800), "Wiegenlied zu singen, für meine Agnes", published 1785 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 81
Lovely little boy, I rock
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Lovely little boy, I rock
You into slumber with singing,
Little boy, smile once more!
Before you shut your eyes,
Before you spread out your hands,
Little boy, smile once more!
Did I not carry you for nine moons
Under my oppressed heart?
Little boy, smile once more!
And when the stork brought you,
Did it not bite your mother?
Little boy, smile once more!
Do I not suckle you at my
Beating mother-heart?
Little boy, smile once more!
When you smile at your mother,
Your father shall love you,
Little boy, smile once more!
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Translations of title(s):
"Wiegenlied zu singen für meine Agnes" = "Lullaby for my Agnes to sing"
"Wiegenlied" = "Lullaby "
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 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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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-10
Line count: 18
Word count: 95