Sleeping song | Sleep my child, fall asleep already

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by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schlaflied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Schlaf mein Kindchen, so schlaf schon ein,
so schlaf doch und weine nicht mehr.
Sieh nur, im Schlaf ist die Welt ja dein,
so schlaf schon und wein nicht so sehr.

Schließe die Augen und schlafe schon,
hör nur, es rauschet der Wald.
Im Schlafe da gibt es nicht Haß, nicht Hohn,
im Schlafe, da ist es nicht kalt.

Schlafe mein Liebling und lächle, Kind,
höre, der Fluß singt sein Lied.
Schlafe, dann singt dir vom Glück der Wind
und singt dir vom Frühling, der blüht.

Schlafe mein Kind und vergiß, was dich schmerzt,
dunkel ist für dich der Tag.
Hell ist die Nacht, wenn der Traum dich herzt,
so schlafe mein Kindchen, so schlaf.

Confirmed with Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Blütenlese. Gedichte, Herausgegeben von Adolf Rauchwerger, Tel Aviv: Telaviv University [Press], 1979, page 65.

Text Authorship:

by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Schlaflied", written 1941, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Erster Teil, in Sterne [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Also set in Yiddish (יידיש), a translation by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983) , copyright © by Ruth Levin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Leibu Levin.
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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sleeping song", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 115

Sleeping song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Sleep my child, fall asleep already,
sleep, do, and do not cry anymore.
Only see, in sleep the world belongs to you,
so sleep already and do not cry so much.

Close your eyes and sleep already,
only hear, the forest is soughing.
In sleep there is no hate, no derision,
in sleep it is not cold.

Sleep my darling, and smile, child,
listen, the river sings its song.
Sleep, then the wind shall sing to you of happiness
and sing to you of springtime, which blossoms.

Sleep my child and forget what pains you,
the day is dark for you.
The night is bright when dreams embrace you,
so sleep my child, so sleep.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Schlaflied", written 1941, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Erster Teil, in Sterne
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 115