Wiegenlied (Guten Abend, gut' Nacht)
Guten Abend, gut' Nacht,
Mit Rosen bedacht,
Mit Näglein besteckt,
Schlupf unter die Deck':
Morgen früh, wenn Gott will,
Wirst du wieder geweckt.
Mit Rosen bedacht,
Mit Näglein besteckt,
Schlupf unter die Deck':
Morgen früh, wenn Gott will,
Wirst du wieder geweckt.
Good evening, good night,
covered with roses,
decked with carnations,
slip under the covers:
tomorrow morning, if God wills,
you will be woken again.
covered with roses,
decked with carnations,
slip under the covers:
tomorrow morning, if God wills,
you will be woken again.
Guten Abend, gut' Nacht,
Von Englein bewacht,
Die zeigen im Traum
Dir Christkindleins Baum:
Schlaf nun selig und süß,
Schau im Traum 's Paradies.
Von Englein bewacht,
Die zeigen im Traum
Dir Christkindleins Baum:
Schlaf nun selig und süß,
Schau im Traum 's Paradies.
Good evening, good night,
watched over by little angels,
who show you in your dream
the Christ child's tree:
sleep now, blissful and sweet,
see paradise in your dream.
watched over by little angels,
who show you in your dream
the Christ child's tree:
sleep now, blissful and sweet,
see paradise in your dream.
About the song. Known all over the world simply as 'Brahms's Lullaby'. Brahms wrote it for his friend Bertha Faber on the birth of her son, weaving into the piano part a hint of a Viennese song she used to sing to him. The 'Näglein' of the first verse are carnations (literally 'little cloves').
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