by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation Singable translation by Florence T. Jameson
Auf ein Kind
Language: German (Deutsch)
Aus der Bedrängnis, die mich wild umkettet, Hab ich zu dir mich, süßes Kind! gerettet, Damit ich Herz und Augen weide An deiner Engelfreude, An dieser Unschuld, dieser Morgenhelle, An dieser ungetrübten Gottesquelle.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Auf ein Kind", appears in Lieder [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Auf ein Kind", op. 20 no. 1 (1908) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Uhland und Eichendorff , no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Auf ein Kind", op. 47 no. 1 (1900), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Ludwig Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A un infant", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Florence T. Jameson)
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À un enfant", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 33
From out the trials that so sore beset...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
From out the trials that so sore beset me, to thee I turn me, sweetest child, oh, let me draw near to feast both heart and eye on thy angelic joy, thy innocence, as morning pure unspoilèd, this spring divine, all clear and undefilèd.
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Note: from a Schoeck edition.Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Florence T. Jameson [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Auf ein Kind", appears in Lieder
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-04
Line count: 6
Word count: 44