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by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Christbaum

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Wie schön geschmückt der festliche Raum!
Die Lichter funkeln am Weihnachtsbaum!
O fröhliche Zeit, o seliger Traum!
Die Mutter sitzt in der Kinder Kreis,
Nun schweiget alles auf ihr Geheiß,
Sie singet des Christkinds Lob und Preis,
Und rings vom Weihnachtsbaum erhellt,
Ist schön in Bildern aufgestellt
Des [heil'gen]¹ Buches Palmenwelt.
Die Kinder schauen der Bilder Pracht,
Und haben wohl des Singens acht,
Das tönt so süß [durch die]² Weihenacht.
O glücklicher Kreis im festlichen Raum,
O [goldene]³ Lichter am Weihnachtsbaum,
O fröhliche Zeit, o seliger Traum!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. Cornelius

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Confirmed with Peter Cornelius, Gedichte, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 139.

¹ Cornelius: "heiligen"
² Cornelius: "in der"
³ Cornelius: "gold'ne"

Text Authorship:

by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Christbaum", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Christbaum", op. 8 no. 1 (1856), published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Weihnachtslieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Fritzsch; note: in 1979 Geoffrey Emerson wrote a clarinet part to go along with this song [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Emma Lou Diemer.

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

ENG English [singable] (Elsa Ebertz) , "Christmas-Tree"

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 90

L'albero di Natale

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

Come è adorna la casa per la festa! 
Le luci splendono sull'albero di Natale! 
O tempo lieto! O sogno beato!
La madre siede circondata dai bambini; 
ora fa un cenno di silenzio 
e canta le lodi di Gesù Bambino. 
E intorno, illuminato dall'albero di Natale, 
è rappresentato in immagini 
il mondo delle palme del libro sacro. 
I bambini guardano la bellezza delle immagini 
e cantano con grande attenzione, 
è così dolce sentirli, nella notte santa! 
O quadro felice nello scenario di festa! 
O luci d'oro sull'albero di natale! 
O tempo lieto! O sogno beato!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2011 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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Christbaum", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen, in Weihnachtslieder
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 15
Word count: 94