Sleeping song for you | Come to me, then I shall rock you

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by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schlaflied für dich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Komm zu mir, dann wieg' ich dich,
wiege dich zur Ruh'.
Komm zu mir und weine nicht,
mach die Augen zu.

Ich flechte Dir aus meinem Haar
eine Wiege, sieh!
Schläfst drin aller Schmerzen bar,
träumst drin ohne Müh'.

Meine Augen sollen dir
blinkend Spielzeug sein.
Meine Lippen schenk' ich dir --
trink dich in sie ein.

Confirmed with Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Blütenlese. Gedichte, Herausgegeben von Adolf Rauchwerger, Tel Aviv: Telaviv University [Press], 1979, page 105.

Text Authorship:

by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Schlaflied für dich", appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Zweiter Teil, in Wilder Mohn [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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Schlaflied für dich", copyright © 2019 [ soprano, viola d'amore and cello ], from Blossoms, no. 2, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sleeping song for you", 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: 12
Word count: 56

Sleeping song for you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Come to me, then I shall rock you,
rock you to rest.
Come to me and do not weep,
Close your eyes.

From my hair I shall weave
you a cradle, see!
In it you shall sleep, free of all pain,
you shall dream in it effortlessly.

My eyes shall be 
sparkling toys for you.
I give you my lips --
drink yourself into them.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Schlaflied für dich", appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Zweiter Teil, in Wilder Mohn
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 64