Gesù Bambino che dorme | Figlio della Vergine, Bimbo del cielo! A terra

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Sohn der Jungfrau, Himmelskind! am Boden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE FRE ITA

Sohn der Jungfrau, Himmelskind! am Boden
Auf dem Holz der Schmerzen eingeschlafen,
Das der fromme Meister, sinnvoll spielend,
Deinen leichten Träumen unterlegte;
Blume du, noch in der Knospe dämmernd
Eingehüllt die Herrlichkeit des Vaters!
O wer sehen könnte, welche Bilder
Hinter dieser Stirne, diesen schwarzen
Wimpern sich in sanftem Wechsel malen!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Mörike, Eduard. Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Nachf., 1961, page 127.

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Schlafendes Jesuskind, gemalt von Franc. Albani" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Schlafendes Jesuskind", 1997-1998, published 1998 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from 12 Gedichte von Mörike, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Schlafendes Jesuskind", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le sommeil de l'enfant Jésus", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "L'Enfant Jésus endormi", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Gesù Bambino che dorme", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 51

Gesù Bambino che dorme

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Figlio della Vergine, Bimbo del cielo! A terra, 
sul legno del dolore addormentato, 
così il devoto Maestro, con gioco pieno di significati, 
ha rappresentato i tuoi sogni lievi; 
tu fiore ancora in boccio all'alba
tutto avvolto della divinità del Padre! 
Oh, chi può vedere, quali immagini 
dietro questa fronte, queste nere sopracciglia, 
passano dolcemente cangianti! 
[Figlio della Vergine, Bimbo del cielo!]

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 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 Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Schlafendes Jesuskind, gemalt von Franc. Albani"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-16
Line count: 10
Word count: 61