by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912)
Translation Singable translation by John Troutbeck, Rev. Dr. (1832 - 1899)

Beruhigung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ist mir's zu Muthe schwül und bang,
so summ' ich mir ein Liedchen leise,
nie hörte ich der Worte Klang,
ich kenne nur die traute Weise.

Zu meiner Wiege neigte sich
der Mutter süßer Mund hernieder
und sang den Schlaf, wenn er entwich,
zurück auf meine müden Lider.

Ein Kind, das nimmer schlafen will,
hör' in der eignen Brust ich stöhnen,
doch auch das kranke Herz wird still,
sing' ich es ein mit diesen Tönen.

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  • ENG English [singable] (John Troutbeck, Rev. Dr.) , "Soothing"


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Soothing
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
When that my heart by care is stirr'd,
I hum a little song that haunts me;
the words of it I never heard,
the tune is what alone enchants me.

Down to my cradle sometimes bent
my mother's loving lips, her singing
the needful sleep from me that went
once more to eyelids weary bringing.

A child that slumber never will,
low to itself is heard bewailing,
Yet soon the restless heart grows still,
this tune of mine its pain dispelling.

From a Goetz score


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