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by Georg Nicolaus Bärmann (1785 - 1850)

Wiegenlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schützling der Liebe, schlaf' ein!
Vatersorg', Mutterglück
Schirmen mit Liebesblick.
Gottholdchen mein!
Schützling der Liebe, schlaf' ein!

Freude des Vaters, schlaf' ein!
Schlafe, bis neu erwacht
Wieder dein Blick mir lacht.
Gottholdchen mein!
Freude des Vaters, schlaf' ein!

Wonne der Mutter, schlaf' ein!
Nur an der Segensbrust
Sey deines Seyns bewußt.
Schuldlos und rein
Lächle mein Kind und schlaf' ein!

Segen der Eltern, schlaf ein!
Rings um die Wiege her
Glänzt wie ein Sonnenmeer
Heiligenschein.
Segen der Eltern, schlaf' ein!

Schützling des Mittlers, schlaf' ein!
Kindlich sind Alle gleich,
Engel im Himmelreich
Heilig und rein -
Schützling des Mittlers, schlaf' ein!

Note: in the 1833 version of Bärmann's poem (above is the 1824 version), several changes were made, as follows:
Stanza 1, line 4 and stanza 2, line 4: "Gottholdchen" was changed to "Töchterchen"
Stanza 3, line 5: "mein Kind" was changed to "lieb Kind"
Stanza 4, line 2: "die Wiege" was changed to "dein Bettchen"
Stanza 4, line 3: "Sonnenmeer" was changed to "Wonnenmeer"


Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Nicolaus Bärmann (1785 - 1850), "Wiegenlied", first published 1824 [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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Wiegenlied", op. 1 (Sechs Gedichte für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 1, published 1854 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-01
Line count: 25
Word count: 100

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