Text & Translation
Auf ein Kind
German source:
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Hab ich zu dir mich, süßes Kind, gerettet,
Damit ich Herz und Augen weide
An deiner Engelfreude,
An dieser Unschuld, dieser Morgenhelle,
Dieser ungetrübten Gottesquelle.
To a child
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
I have sought refuge, my child, in you,
That I might feast my heart and eyes
On your angelic joy,
On this innocence, this morning brightness,
This unsullied divine spring.
Auf ein Kind
German source:
Johann Ludwig Uhland
To a child
English source:
Richard Stokes
Aus der Bedrängnis, die mich wild umkettet,
From the distress that has savagely enchained me,
Hab ich zu dir mich, süßes Kind, gerettet,
I have sought refuge, my child, in you,
Damit ich Herz und Augen weide
That I might feast my heart and eyes
An deiner Engelfreude,
On your angelic joy,
An dieser Unschuld, dieser Morgenhelle,
On this innocence, this morning brightness,
Dieser ungetrübten Gottesquelle.
This unsullied divine spring.
Composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is particularly well-known for his operas, Lieder, and tone poems. Read more here.
Poet
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Johann Ludwig Uhland, was a German poet, philologist and literary historian. He was born in Tübingen, Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature, especially old German and French…