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Wenn es stille Nacht will werden[,] Schau'n die Sternlein all' zur Erden, Öffnen sich des Himmels Pforten, Engel fliegen aller Orten Wie der Fliederduft im Winde, Jeder hin zu seinem Kinde. In den Armen leise, leise Trägt er's hin zum Sternenkreise, Wo in Edens grünen Bäumen Rauscht ein wundersames Träumen, Wo voll Liebe ohne Ende Harren Gottes Vaterhände. Hast du schon ein Kind geschauet Morgens, wenn sein Äuglein blauet, Wie es sinnet leise, leise, Wie es lächelt eig'ner Weise? Wirst du dich ein Kindlein fühlen, Darfst auch du in Eden spielen.
Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich veremehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 78.
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- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Wenn es stille Nacht will werden", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Wenn es stille Nacht will werden", op. 61 no. 4, published 1886 [ sa chorus ], from Im Freien zu singen. 10 Chorduette für Sopran und Alt (9. Folge) ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 4, Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When quiet nightfall approaches", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2021-01-05
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Word count: 92
When quiet nightfall approaches, The stars all gaze down toward earth, The gates of Heaven open, Angels fly about everywhere Like the scent of lilacs in the wind, All of them to their [assigned] child. In their arms quietly, quietly They carry it to the realm of the stars, Where in the green trees of Eden There rustles a wondrous dreaming, Where, full of endless love, God's fatherly hands abide. Have you ever seen a child In the morning, when its blue eyes open, How it ponders quietly, quietly, How it smiles in a distinctive way? If you are willing to feel yourself to be a child, Then you, too, shall be permitted to play in Eden.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Wenn es stille Nacht will werden", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen
This text was added to the website: 2021-01-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 118