Serenade | Rock yourself to sleep, my lovely sweetheart

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by Hugo Grabow

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ständchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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Wieg' Dich ein, mein holdes Liebchen, 
In den schönsten Liebestraum;  
Laß die Äuglein traut sich schließen, 
Hörst Du doch den Sänger kaum. 

Einen Gruß nur will ich senden 
Leise zu Dir noch empor, 
Muß mein Sehnen auch verhallen 
In dem nächt'gen Nebelflor. 

Nun schütz' Gott Dein süßes Leben, 
Englein mögen Dich umschweben!

Confirmed with Erzähler zum Fürther Tagblatt [das Sonntagsblatt], dreiundzwanzigster Jahrgang, ed. by Johann Paulus, Fürth: Julius Volkhardt, 1863, page 364. Appears in issue no. 91.

Text Authorship:

by Hugo Grabow , "Ständchen", subtitle: "Akrostichon" [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 (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Ständchen", op. 39 (Neun Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Kamm (1845 - 1897), "Ständchen" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Neue Gesänge für den Männerchor, Heft 2, no. 2, Leipzig: Gebrüder Hug [sung text not yet checked]
by E. Krones , "Ständchen", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Ludewig & Sopran [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Albert Rischbieter (1834 - 1910), "Ständchen", op. 30 (Zwei Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 2 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Offenbach am Main: Johann André [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Serenade", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-13
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Serenade

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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Rock yourself to sleep, my lovely sweetheart,
Into the most beautiful dream of love;
Let your eyes close sweetly,
For you hardly hear the singer.

I wish to send only one more greeting
Up to you quietly,
Even if my longing must die away
In the nocturnal shroud of mist.

Now may God protect your sweet life,
May angels waft about you!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Grabow , "Ständchen", subtitle: "Akrostichon"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-14
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Word count: 62