Abendsegen
Abendsegen
Evening Prayer
Traditional Song
Traditional Song
(German)
(English)
Abends, will ich schlafen gehn,
vierzehn Engel um mich stehn:
zwei zu meinen Häupten,
zwei zu meinen Füßen,
zwei zu meiner Rechten,
zwei zu meiner Linken,
zwei die mich decken,
zwei, die mich wecken,
zwei, die mich weisen
zu Himmels Paradeisen!
In the evening, when I go to sleep,
Fourteen angels watch over me:
Two at my head,
Two at my feet,
Two on my right,
Two on my left,
Two cover me up,
Two awaken me,
Two, point the way
To paradise in heaven!
Notes
This is from the opera Hansel and Gretel by 19th century composer Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister, Adelheid Wette.
MP3: String quartet arrangement of Evening Prayer ("Abendsegen"), from "Hänsel und Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck.
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