by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635)
Translation by Carl Rupert Nyblom (1832 - 1907)
Madonnans vaggvisa
Language: Swedish (Svenska) after the Spanish (Español)
Stilla, stilla, stilla gudomliga sonen, tryckt under sorg utan tal, söker i sömnen att finna tröst en minut av sitt kval. Stilla, han drömmer, drömmer betrakta löjet så milt kring hans mun! Vaggen med grenarna sakta, sakta, sakta barnet vill slumra en stund Stilla, stilla, stilla Kyliga vindarna höja runt kring hans läger sitt dån, Ack, i mitt sköte förgäves söker jag skydda min son. Heliga änglar oss vakta, vakta, ja vakta härute i palmernas lund. Vaggen med grenarna sakta, sakta, sakta barnet vill slumra en stund
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Rupert Nyblom (1832 - 1907) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), no title, appears in Pastores de Belén. Prosas y Versos Divinos
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gunhild Margareta Hallin Ekerot (1931 - 2020), "Madonnans vaggvisa" [ voice and clarinet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 1. Geistliche Lieder, no. 4 [an adaptation] ; composed by Johannes Brahms, Gustav Flügel, Friedrich Gernsheim, Reinhold Ludwig Herman, Ferdinand von Hiller, Louise Langhans-Japha, Georg Vierling, Woldemar Voullaire, Hugo Wolf, Felix von Woyrsch.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Melchior, Freiherr von Diepenbrock (1798 - 1853) , no title, appears in Geistlicher Blumenstrauß aus spanischen und deutschen Dichter-Gärten, in Geistliche Lieder ; composed by Melchior, Freiherr von Diepenbrock, Eduard Lassen, Joseph Schmid, Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anton Urspruch.
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