Beddy-bye | Beddy-bye, beddy-bye, bire

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by Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Wiegala

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Wiegala, wiegala, weier,
der Wind spielt auf der Leier.
Er spielt so süß im grünen Ried,
die Nachtigall, die singt ihr Lied.
Wiegala, wiegala, weier,
der Wind spielt auf der Leier.
 
Wiegala, wiegala, werne,
der Mond ist die Laterne,
er steht am dunklen Himmelszelt
und schaut hernieder auf die Welt.
Wiegala, wiegala, werne,
der Mond ist die Lanterne.
 
Wiegala, wiegala, wille,
wie ist die Welt so stille!
Es stört kein Laut die süße Ruh,
schlaf, mein Kindchen, schlaf auch du.
Wiegala, wiegala, wille,
wie ist die Welt so stille!

Text Authorship:

by Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944), "Wiegala" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Beddy-bye", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Berceuse", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ninna nanna", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 89

Beddy‑bye

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Beddy-bye, beddy-bye, bire,
the wind plays on the lyre.
He's playing sweetly in the reeds,
the nightingale sings in the meads.
Beddy-bye, beddy-bye, bire,
the wind plays on the lyre.

Beddy-bye, beddy-bye, blantern,
the moon, she is a lantern,
she looks from heaven's tent up high
a twinkle in her tired eye.
Beddy-byes, beddybyes, plantern,
the moon, she is a lantern.

Beddy-bye, beddy-bye, blying,
the world in stillness lying!
No sound disturbs your peace and rest,
my baby, huddle in your nest.
Beddy-byes, beddybyes, blying,
the world in stillness lying!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 90