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Luise Hensels barnaftonbön

Language: German

Müde bin ich, geh zur Ruh,
schliesse beide Äuglein zu.
Vater, laß die Augen dein
über meinem Bette sein.

Alle, die mir sind verwandt,
Gott, laß ruhn in deiner Hand!
Alle Menschen, groß und klein,
sollen dir befohlen sein.

Kranken Herzen sende Ruh;
nasse Augen schliesse zu.
Laß den Mond am Himmel stehn
und die stille Welt besehn.


Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Set in Swedish, a translation of Luise Hensel (1798-1876) SWE

Date added to the website: 2003-10-23.

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