The Virgin's Cradle Hymn

Domi, Jesus ( "Sleep, Jesus " ), or The Virgin 's Cradle Hymn ( " The Virgin 's Lullaby " / " Lullaby of the Virgin " ) is a short lullaby ( Carol ) is sung in the English language as a Christmas song.

History

The song was collected by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge on a tour of Germany and published in 1817 in his collection Sibylline Leaves ( Sibylline leaves). His own note, according to Coleridge copied the Latin text of a "print of the Blessed Virgin in a Catholic village in Germany", which he later translate into English. The text, which actually comes from a collection of Flemish devotional engravings by Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619), has a range of modern musical settings inspired.

Setting

A well-known setting comes from Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), another version of John Rutter.

Text

Quae tam dulcem somnum videt,

Si non- Dormis, Mater plorat, Inter fila cantans orat,

Mother sits beside thee smiling;

If thou sleep not, mother mourneth, Singing as her wheel she turneth:

Alternate Name

The virgin 's cradle hymn; Domi, Jesus! - Sleep, sweet babe; ! The Virgin 's Cradle Hymn