Au sommeil | Viens, et baisse le voile de tes ailes

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possibly by Johann Peter Uz (1720 - 1796)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

An den Schlaf

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Komm, und senke die umflorten Schwingen,
Süßer Schlummer, auf den müden Blick!
Segner! Freund! in deinen Armen dringen
Trost und Balsam auf's verlorne Glück.

Schochow: "Schubert nennt Uz als Dichter, doch findet sich die Strophe nicht unter den Gedichten von Uz." - Schubert names Uz as the author of this text, but these lines have not been found among Uz's work.

Authorship:

possibly by Johann Peter Uz (1720 - 1796) [author's text not yet checked 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An den Schlaf", D 447 (1816), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la son", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tot de slaap", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To sleep", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au sommeil", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Al sonno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 24

Au sommeil

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Viens, et baisse le voile de tes ailes
Doux sommeil, sur mes yeux fatigués !
Sauveur ! Ami ! dans tes bras arrivent
Le réconfort et le baume pour mon bonheur perdu.

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Johann Peter Uz (1720 - 1796)

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 32