Hirten in Scharen | Hirten in Scharen

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by Catharina Magdalena Van Hille-Gaerthé (1881 - 1958)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Eeuwen geleden

Language: Dutch (Nederlands)

Our translations: GER

Eeuwen geleden,                          
kwamen getreden                         
herders in Bethlehems arme stal. 
Zacht ziet de moeder neer          
op 't Kindje, klein en teer,	    
't hemelse licht schijnt overal.

Kind in de heil'ge nacht,             
dat ons Gods liefde bracht,        
ook wij staan om uwe krib geschaard. 
Lief, heilig Kindekijn,
nu wij zo stille zijn
klinkt zacht en teder: "Vreed' op aard".

See also Dejlig er jorden, which can be sung to an old melody that the author meant for this text to be sung to as well.

Text Authorship:

by Catharina Magdalena Van Hille-Gaerthé (1881 - 1958), appears in Onder het stroodak, first published 1915 [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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Eeuwen geleden" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Hirten in Scharen", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

Hirten in Scharen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Dutch (Nederlands)

Hirten in Scharen
traten vor Jahren
ein in Bethlehems kargen Stall.
Der Mutter Blick ruht lind
auf ihrem zarten Kind
und himmlisch’ Licht glänzt überall.

Kind in der Heil’gen Nacht, 
das Gottes Lieb gebracht,
einträchtig steh’n an der Krippe wir.
Heiliges Jesuskind
nun, da wir stille sind,
klingt uns dein „Friede allen hier“.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from Dutch (Nederlands) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2019 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Catharina Magdalena Van Hille-Gaerthé (1881 - 1958), appears in Onder het stroodak, first published 1915
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 53