Schlafe Kindlein, schlafe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Schlafe Kindlein, schlafe,
Thu' die Äuglein zu,
[Ob auch Donner rollen
Ueber deiner Ruh!]1
Ob die [Stürme brausen]2,
Zuckt der Blitze Schein,
Möge doch mein Kindlein
Ruhig [schlummern]3 ein!
Gottes Engel [hüten]4
Deinen [stillen]5 Schlaf!
Wen der Herr behütet,
Nie ein Wetter traf!
Und wir [sollten]6 zagen,
Wo ein Kindlein ruht?
Sind wir all' nicht Kinder
In des Vaters Hut?
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Confirmed with Mein Liederbuch. Gedichte von Ottilie Wildermuth, herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter Agnes Willms, Stuttgart: Verlag der Gebrüder Kröner, 1877, page 160.
Note: Ottilie Wildermuth’s poems were not published until after her death. Josephine Lang knew her personally and obtained the poems directly from the poet. Therefore the changes noted in the footnotes might not be Lang’s, but rather earlier versions by Wildermuth herself.
1 Lang: "Gottes Engel hüten / Deine süsse Ruh!"
2 Lang: "Donner rollen"
3 Lang: "schlafen"
4 Lang: "schirmen"
5 Lang: "linden"
6 Lang: "wollten"
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Sleep, little child, sleep!
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Sleep, little child, sleep!
Close your little eyes;
[Even if thunder rolls
Over your rest!]1
Even if [storms roar]2,
[If] lightning quivers,
May my little child
Fall quietly asleep!
God's angels guard
Your [quiet]3 slumber!
Those whom God protects
Have never been harmed by a storm!
And we [should]4 despair [in a situation]
Where a child rests?
Are we not all children
In the Father's care?
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Translation of title "Wiegenlied in stürmischer Zeit" = "Lullaby in stormy times"
1 Lang: "God's angels are guarding / Your sweet rest!"
2 Lang: "thunder rolls"
3 Lang: "gentle"
4 Lang: "would"
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