Beside the cradle | Sleep! Sleep and dream of the future

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by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Bei der Wiege

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ITA

Schlummre! Schlummre und träume von kommender Zeit,
Die sich dir bald muß entfalten,
Träume, mein Kind, von Freud' und Leid,
Träume von lieben Gestalten!
Mögen auch viele noch kommen und gehen,
Müssen dir neue doch wieder erstehen,
Bleibe nur fein geduldig!

Schlummre und träume von Frühlingsgewalt,
Schau' all' das Blühen und Werden,
Horch, wie im Hain der Vogelsang schallt,
Liebe im Himmel, auf Erden!
Heut' zieht's vorüber und kann dich nicht kümmern,
Doch wird dein Frühling auch blühn und schimmern,
Bleibe nur fein geduldig! Schlummre!

Text Authorship:

by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862) [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 Lippold (1845 - 1910), "Bei der Wiege", op. 20 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Bei der Wiege", op. 47 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 (1839) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Piutti (1846 - 1902), "Bei der Wiege", op. 17 (Acht Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 6, published 1880 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al costat del bressol", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bij de wieg", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Beside the cradle", copyright © 2012
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Presso la culla", copyright © 2008, (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: 85

Beside the cradle

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Sleep! Sleep and dream of the future
That must soon unfold for you;
Dream, my child, of joy and pain,
Dream of lovely forms!
May many yet come and go,
But new ones must arise for you
If you are only patient!

Sleep! Sleep and dream of spring's power,
Watch all the blossoming and becoming,
Hark, how the songs of birds resound in the grove,
Love is in heaven, [and] on Earth!
Today passes by and cannot trouble you,
But your spring will also blossom and glimmer,
If you are only patient!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 92