by Hedwig Kiesekamp (1844 - 1919), as Ludwig Rafael
Kindeslächeln
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn mein Kindlein in der Wiegen Lächelt still in süßem Traum, Holde Engel es umspielen In dem sel'gen Himmelsraum. Schau ich [dieses]1 Kinderlächeln, Schwindet mir der Erde Raum -- Holde Engel leis mir raunen Sel'ger Kindheit Himmelstraum.
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Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von L. Rafael, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel, 1894, page 155.
1 Reger: "dies"Text Authorship:
- by Hedwig Kiesekamp (1844 - 1919), as Ludwig Rafael, "Kindeslächeln", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Dritte Abtheilung. Vermischtes, in Skizzen aus dem Kinderleben [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Kindeslächeln", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 27 (1904) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Somriure d’infant", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A child's smile", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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