Ninna-nanna | Dormi, amorino bello, mentre sulla terra

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Paolo Montanari

Schlafe, Liebchen, weil's auf Erden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Schlafe, Liebchen, weil's auf Erden
Nun so still und seltsam wird!
[Oben]¹ gehn die goldnen Herden,
Für uns alle wacht der Hirt.

In der Ferne ziehn Gewitter;
Einsam auf dem Schifflein schwank,
Greif' ich draußen in die Zither,
Weil mir gar so schwül und bang.

Schlingend sich an [Bäum']² und Zweigen
In Dein stilles Kämmerlein,
Wie auf goldnen Leitern, steigen
Diese Töne aus und ein.

Und ein wunderschöner Knabe
Schifft hoch über Tal und Kluft,
Rührt mit seinem goldnen Stabe
Säuselnd in der [lauen]³ Luft.

Und in wunderbaren Weisen
Singt er ein uraltes Lied,
Das in linden Zauberkreisen
Hinter seinem Schifflein zieht.

[Ach, den süßen Klang verführet]⁴
Weit der buhlerische Wind,
Und durch Schloß und Wand ihn spüret
Träumend [jedes schöne]⁵ Kind.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. von Bülow • F. Mendelssohn

F. Mendelssohn sets stanzas 1, 3, 6
C. von Bülow sets stanzas 1, 3-5

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von M. Simion, 1841, page 233.

¹ von Bülow: "Droben"
² von Bülow: "Baum"
³ von Bülow: "blauen"
⁴ Mendelssohn: "Und der Töne Klang entführet"
⁵ Mendelssohn: "wohl das süsse"

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abendständchen", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [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 Charlotte von Bülow (1817 - 1908), "Abendständchen", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 1, published 1854, stanzas 1,3-5 [ voice and piano ], Mainz: Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Eitner (1832 - 1905), "Abendständchen", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
by F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Ständchen", op. 37, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Abendständchen", published 1981 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 7, Hollywood, CA : Alpheus Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Abendständchen", 1847 [ men's chorus ], from Sechs Gesänge für Männerstimmen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Abendständchen", op. 40 no. 3, published 1922 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Schlafe, Liebchen", 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Abendständchen", op. posth. 75 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2 (1839), published 1849, stanzas 1,3,6 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Eduard Rommel , "Abendständchen", op. 4 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5, published [1858] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Abendständchen", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Chor) no. 3, published 1878 [ four-part chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Abendständchen", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
by Artur Schnabel (1882 - 1951), "Abendständchen", op. 14 no. 3, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder op. 14 für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ludwig Steiger , "Abendständchen", op. 9 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Harmonia [sung text not yet checked]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 122

Ninna‑nanna

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Dormi, amorino bello, mentre sulla terra
tutto è quieto e solitario.
Le greggi dorate vanno per il cielo,
su noi tutti veglia il pastore.






Allacciandosi ad alberi e rami,
nella tua cameretta silenziosa,
come su scale d'oro
queste voci salgono e scendono.











E il suono della voce è rapito
lontano dal vento cortese,
e attraverso pareti e serrature accarezza
forse il dolce bimbo che sogna.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abendständchen", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 65