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[Schlumm're ruhig, liebes]1 Leben, schlumm're sanft und engelmild, mög'im Traume Dich umschweben Deine treues Liebchens Bild. Träume, Mädchen, Liebesträume, träume wachend, schlafend sie! Ob ich eile, ob ich säume, mich verlässt die Liebe nie. Ach! Die Sternlein flimmern bange, leuchten mir in stiller Nacht; alles schläft und ruht schon lange, nur die treue Liebe wacht. Schlafe, ruhe, süßes Leben, bis der gold'ne Morgen graut! Schlafe, Gute, wonn'umgeben, bis die Schwalb'am Nestchen baut. Mit der Unschuld Glanz umstrahlet seh' ich jetzt im Geiste Dich, und in Deinem Zügen malet, Güte, Treu' und Liebe sich; schlumm're ruhig, ohne Bangen, träume heiter durch die Nacht! Alles schläft, mit Glutverlangen, nur die treue Liebe wacht.
1 Abt: "Schlummre ruhig süsses"; further changes may exist not noted.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Ständchen", op. 42 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 4, published 1876 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. Ficker , "Ständchen", op. 5, published 1843 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], cited in Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Gruber , "Ständchen", op. 49 no. 2, published 1889, cited in Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Lortzing (1801 - 1851), "Ständchen", LoWV. 56 (1842) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Serenata", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Amelia Maria Imbarrato
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 111
Dormi tranquilla, vita mia, dormi il dolce sonno degli angeli, possa in sogno apparirti l'immagine del tuo caro fedele. Sogna, fanciulla, sogni d'amore, sognali vegliando e dormendo! Che io mi affretti o aspetti, non mi abbandona mai l'amore. Ah! Le stelle scintillano tristi, mi fanno luce nella notte quieta; tutto dorme e riposa già da tempo, solo il vero amore è sveglio. Dormi, riposa, vita mia, fin che il mattino dorato biancheggi! Dormi, cara, circondata di gioia, mentre la rondine costruisce il suo nido. Circonfusa della luce dell'innocenza ti vedo ora in spirito, e nelle tue mosse si dipingono bontà, fedeltà e amore; dormi tranquilla, senza pensieri, fai sogni felici questa notte! Tutto dorme, con ardente desiderio, solo il vero amore è sveglio.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Philipp Jakob Düringer (1809 - 1870)
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 123