Mary's lullaby | Mary sits in the rosegrove

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by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Mariä Wiegenlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Maria sitzt im Rosenhag
Und wiegt ihr Jesuskind,
Durch die Blätter leise
Weht der warme Sommerwind.

Zu ihren Füßen singt
Ein buntes Vögelein:
Schlaf, Kindlein, süße,
Schlaf nun ein!

Hold ist dein Lächeln,
Holder deines Schlummers Lust,
Leg dein müdes Köpfchen
Fest an deiner Mutter Brust!
Schlaf, Kindlein, süße,
Schlaf nun ein!

Text Authorship:

by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918) [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Mariä Wiegenlied", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 52 (1911-2), also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940) ; composed by Max Reger.

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de bressol de Maria", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Maria's wiegelied", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Mary's lullaby", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Berceuse de Marie", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 52

Mary's lullaby

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Mary sits in the rosegrove
and rocks her child Jesus,
softly through the leaves
blows a warm summer wind.

At her feet sings
a colorful little bird:
Sleep, child, my sweet,
just go to sleep!

Lovely is your smile,
lovely is your joy in slumber,
lay your tired little head
against your mother's breast!
Sleep, child, my sweet,
just go to sleep!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 62