by Wilhelm Hensel (1794 - 1861)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schlafe, schlaf
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schlafe, schlaf,
schliesse deine Augenlider,
öffne deinen süssen Mund,
und in Träumen gib mir kund,
alles was ich kenne wieder,
schlafe, schlaf.
Wie sich Aug' in Auge traf,
wie sich Lipp' an Lippe fragten
und die Herzen eines sagten,
sage, wie sich alles traf.
Schlafe, schlaf.

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sleep, sleep", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-23
Line count: 11
Word count: 46

Sleep, sleep
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Sleep, sleep,
Close your eyelids,
Open your sweet lips,
And in dreams give me tidings
Once more of everything I know,
Sleep, sleep.
As eyes met eyes,
As lips asked each other in meeting,
And hearts spoke only one thing
Tell how everything happened.
Sleep, sleep.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-01
Line count: 11
Word count: 46