Morí el petit infant

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by Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802 - 1890)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Starb das Kindlein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT

Starb das Kindlein.
Ach, die Mutter
Saß am Tag und weinte, weinte,
Saß zur Nacht und weinte.

Da erscheint das Kindlein wieder,
In dem Todtenhemd, so blaß;
Sagt zur Mutter: "Leg' dich nieder!
Sieh, mein Hemdchen
[Wird von deinen]¹ lieben Thränen
Gar so naß,
Und ich kann nicht schlafen, Mutter!" -

Und das Kind verschwindet wieder,
Und die Mutter weint nicht mehr.

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Confirmed with Huldigung den Frauen. Ein Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1832, ed. by J. F. Castelli, Wien, page 184 ; and with Gedichte von Bauernfeld. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1852, page 98, as shown above.

Note: Bauernfeld's 1852 edition contains the remark "Musik von Schubert." Schubert's setting is lost, however. Schubert received all poems from Bauernfeld in handwritten form.

¹ Randhartinger, and Bauernfeld's 1832 version: "Machen deine"

Text Authorship:

by Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802 - 1890), "Das Todtenhemdchen" [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Das Totenhemdchen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Totenhemdchen", D 864 (1827?), note: Schubert's setting is lost [sung text not yet checked]

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-19
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Word count: 62

Morí el petit infant

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Morí el petit infant.
Ai, la mare
seia i plorava, plorava tot el dia,
seia i plorava tota la nit.

Llavors reaparegué l’infant
en la mortalla, tan pàl•lid,
i digué a la mare: “Deixa de plorar!
Guaita, la meva mortalla
està tota xopa
de les teves estimades llàgrimes,
i no puc dormir, mare!”

I l’infant tornà a desaparèixer
i la mare deixà de plorar.

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Translations of title(s):
"Das Totenhemdchen" = "La petita mortalla"
"Das Todtenhemdchen" = "La petita mortalla"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802 - 1890), "Das Todtenhemdchen"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-16
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Word count: 64