Slumber song | Quietly a snow falls upon the land

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schlummerlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   Leise fällt ein Schnee auf das Land.
Leise fällt ein Schnee auf das Herz.
Bald sind wir zugeschneit.

   Wie schön du müde bist,
du junge Frau!

   Und [in weißem Nebel träumt die rote]¹ Sonne,
im Nebel ein feurig Herz.
Es hat sich müd geglänzt,
das hat sich müd geliebt.
Nun will es ruhn und
schlafen.

   Wie schön du schlafen wirst,
du junge Frau!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• K. Szymanowski • L. Vycpálek

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Tag und Nacht. Gedichte, Heidelberg: Verlag von J. Hörning, 1894, page 92

¹ Szymanowski, Vycpálek: "rot im weißen Nebel träumt die"

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Schlummerlied", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte, first published 1894 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Elsa Gregory (flourished 1900-20), "Schlummerlied" [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Schlummerlied", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 9 (1907), also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ladislav Vycpálek (1882 - 1969), "Schlummerlied", op. 5 no. 1, published 1923, from Visionen: Tuchy a Vidiny, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ladislav Vycpálek (1882 - 1969) ; composed by Ladislav Vycpálek.
Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Slumber song", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 65

Slumber song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Quietly a snow falls upon the land.
Quietly a snow falls upon the heart.
Soon we shall be snowed in.

   How beautifully you are weary,
you young woman!

   And [the red]¹ sun dreams in the white mist,
a fiery heart in the mist.
It has gleamed until weary,
it has loved until weary.
Now it wishes to rest and
sleep.

   How beautifully you shall sleep,
you young woman!

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¹ Szymanowski, Vycpálek: "redly the"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Schlummerlied", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte, first published 1894
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 70