Still, still, still
Quiet, quiet, quiet, because the child wants to sleep is a German-language Christmas carol from the Salzburg region . It is also known in the English-speaking world, although there are relatively true-to-original and freer translations.
history
The song is said to have been recorded in 1819. The melody is a folk tune from the Salzburg region that first appeared in print in 1865 in Salzburg in a folk song collection of the founder of the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum , Maria Vinzenz Süß (1802–1868). The standard German text version is attributed to Georg Götsch (1895–1956).
text
Text in the version from 1865 |
Text in today's version |
1. Quiet, quiet, quiet, because the child wants to sleep! |
1. Quiet, quiet, quiet, because the child wants to sleep. |
2. Sleep, sleep, sleep, my sweet child, sleep!
The angels make music beautifully, cheer
the child,
sleep, sleep, sleep, my sweet child, sleep.
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2. Sleep, sleep, sleep, my dear little child, sleep! |
3. Big, big, big, the Liab is oversized! |
3. Big, big, big, love is too big. |
4. Up, up, up, you Adams children, up! |
4. Up, up, up, you Adam children! |
5. We, we, we are calling everyone to you! |
5. We, we, we, we all call to you: |
Often, instead of “offering your chaste breast”, one sings “offering your great love”.
Text in English
Text version more faithful to the text |
Freer translation |
1. Sleep, sleep, sleep, my precious baby sleep! |
1. Still, still, still, one can hear the falling snow. |
2. Great, great, great, the love is more than great.
God has left his throne on high,
To walk the street, to come us nigh.
Great, great, great, the love is more than great.
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2. Sleep, sleep, sleep, 'tis the eve of our Savior's birth. |
3. Rise, rise, rise, all Adam's children rise. |
3. Dream, dream, dream, of the joyous day to come. |
4. We, we, we, ee all implore Thee: |
4. Still, still, still, let baby sleep its fill, |
5. Rest, rest, rest, allow the child to rest. |
melody
Web links
- Quiet, quiet, quiet, because the child wants to sleep in the song project by SWR2 and Carus-Verlag .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theo Mang, Sunhilt Mang (ed.): Der Liederquell . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0850-8 , pp. 1027-1028 .
- ↑ a b Maria Vinzenz Süß: Salzburg folk songs with their ways of singing. Mayrische Buchhandlung, Salzburg 1865, pp. 30–31 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- ↑ Author of the text or text arranger: Götsch, Georg at musicanet.org
- ↑ Still, still, still at Allmusic (English)
- ^ Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann : The book of Christmas carols. 10th edition. Schott, Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-254-08213-8 , p. 116 f.