Weihnachtslied
German source:
Schubart, Christian
Schlaf’ wohl, du süßes Kind!
Dich fächeln Engelein in Ruh,
Mit sanftem Himmelswind.
Wir arme Hirten singen dir
Ein herzlich Wiegenliedlein für.
Schlafe,
Himmelskindlein, schlafe.
Christmas Song
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Sleep soundly, you sweet child!
Angels will quietly fan you
With gentle heavenly breezes.
We poor shepherds will sing you
A delightful lullaby.
Sleep now,
Sleep now, heavenly babe.
Weihnachtslied
German source:
Schubart, Christian
Christmas Song
English source:
Richard Stokes
Schlaf’ wohl, du Himmelsknabe du,
Sleep soundly, you heavenly babe,
Schlaf’ wohl, du süßes Kind!
Sleep soundly, you sweet child!
Dich fächeln Engelein in Ruh,
Angels will quietly fan you
Mit sanftem Himmelswind.
With gentle heavenly breezes.
Wir arme Hirten singen dir
We poor shepherds will sing you
Ein herzlich Wiegenliedlein für.
A delightful lullaby.
Schlafe,
Sleep now,
Himmelskindlein, schlafe.
Sleep now, heavenly babe.
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
Schubart, Christian
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, was a German poet, organist, composer, and journalist. He was repeatedly punished for his writing and spent ten years in severe conditions in jail. Born at Obersontheim in Swabia, he entered the University of…