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Hirten wachen im Feld; Nacht ist rings auf der Welt; Wach sind die Hirten alleine Im Haine. Und ein Engel so licht Grüßet die Hirten und spricht: "Christ, das Heil aller Frommen, Ist kommen!" Engel singen umher: "Gott im Himmel sei Ehr! Und den Menschen hienieden Sei Frieden!" Eilen die Hirten fort, Eilen zum heilgen Ort, Beten an in den Windlein Das Kindlein.
Authorship
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Die Hirten", op. 8 no. 2b (1870), published 1871 [voice and piano], from Weihnachtslieder, no. 2b, Leipzig, Fritzsch [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The shepherds", copyright ©
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , title 1: "I pastori", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 63
I pastori vegliano nei campi; la notte regna sul mondo; vegliano solo i pastori nella campagna. Ed un angelo luminoso saluta i pastori e annuncia: "Cristo, la salvezza dei giusti, è arrivato!" Angeli cantano intorno: "A Dio in cielo sia gloria! Ed agli uomini quaggiù sia pace!" Si affrettano I pastori, si affrettano verso il luogo santo, pregano il Bambino in fasce.
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- 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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
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Word count: 62