by
Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)
Schlummerlied
Language: German (Deutsch)
Schlafe nur süß mein lieber Dohl!
Im Paradies! Wie ist es dir wohl
Wo nur Liebe, nur Friede wohnt
Wo man mit seeligen Freuden dir lohnt
Wo Engelein seelig dich tragen gelind!
Zur himmlischen Ruhe, mein liebes Kind!
Du auch, o theurer Felix mein,
Giengst längst voran in die Ruhe ein!
Hast dir geholt dein lieb' Brüderlein
Hinauf in den ewigen Sonnenschein!
Seeliger Friede wiege dich ein,
Dort oben beim lieben Vater dein!
Ruhet dann aus im Paradies!
Von ird'scher Qual jetzt ruhet süß!
Euch ist's jetzt wohl im himmlischen Licht!
Vor eures Vaters Angesicht!
Himmlischer Friede wiege euch ein!
[Ihr lieben theuren Kinder mein!]1
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• J. Lang View original text (without footnotes)
Note: Stanza 1, line 1, word 6 ("Dohl") : Dohl was the nickname of Lang's second son, Theobald.
1 Lang considered an alternate or additional last line: "Ach, holt auch dazu Euer Mütterlein!"
Text Authorship:
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Schlummerlied", subtitle: "An zweÿ theure dahingeschiedene Kinder!"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Slumber song", subtitle: "To two precious, deceased away children!", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2023-02-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 106
Slumber song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Only sleep sweetly, my dear Dohl!
In paradise! How well you must feel there
Where only love, only peace dwells,
Where you are recompensed with blissful joys,
Where angels blessedly and gently carry you
To heavenly rest, my dear child!
You, too, oh precious Felix of mine,
You long went ahead into the eternal rest!
Now you have taken your dear little brother
Up into the eternal sunshine!
May blessed peace rock you to sleep,
Up there with your beloved father!
So rest then in Paradise!
Rest sweetly now from earthly agonies!
You are both well now in the light of Heaven!
Before the face of your Father!
May heavenly peace rock you to sleep!
[You dear, precious children of mine!]1
Subtitle: "To two precious, deceased away children!"
View original text (without footnotes)
1 Lang considered an alternate or additional last line: "Ah, come get your dear mother as well!"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Schlummerlied", subtitle: "An zweÿ theure dahingeschiedene Kinder!"
This text was added to the website: 2023-02-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 122