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Das Knäblein nach acht Tagen Ward gen Jerusalem Zum Gotteshaus getragen Vom Stall in Bethlehem. Da kommt ein Greis geschritten, Der fromme Simeon, Er nimmt in Tempels Mitten Vom Mutterarm den Sohn. Vom Angesicht des Alten Ein Strahl der Freude bricht, Er preiset Gottes Walten Weissagungsvoll und spricht: "Nun lässest du in Frieden, Herr, deinen Diener gehn, Da du mir noch beschieden, Den Heiland anzusehn, Den du der Welt gesendet, Daß er dem Heidenthum Des Lichtes Helle spendet Zu Deines Volkes Ruhm!" Mit froh [erstaunten]1 Sinnen Vernimmt's der Eltern Paar, Dann tragen sie von hinnen Das Knäblein wunderbar.
Confirmed with Peter Cornelius, Gedichte, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 142.
1 Cornelius: "erstauntem"Text Authorship:
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Simeon", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Simeon", op. 8 no. 4 (1856), published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Weihnachtslieder, no. 4, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Simeon", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Elsa Ebertz) , "Simeon"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Simeone", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 99
After eight days,the baby boy was carried to Jerusalem, to the house of God, from the stall in Bethlehem. There comes striding an old man, the pious Simeon; in the middle of the temple he takes the son from his mother's arms. From the face of the old man beams bright joy; he praises God's ways, full of prophecy, and says: "Now, permit your servant to depart in peace, Lord, for you have allowed me to see the Saviour, whom you sent into the world to bestow upon the Gentiles the brightness of your light, to the glory of your people!" With happily astonished minds, the pair of parents listen, then leave, carrying away the wondrous infant boy.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Simeon", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 118