Träume | Geschlechter kommen, Geschlechter vergehn

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by Jonatan Reuter (1859 - 1947)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Drömmarna

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: GER

Släktena födas, och släktena gå,
släktena glida som strömmar,
dö och försvinna och slockna - ändå
dö ej de lockande drömmar: 
leva i sol och i sorg och i storm,
domna och läggas på båren,
uppstå ånyo i skimrande form,
följa varandra i spåren,
hur än de komma och hur än de gå,
glida som speglande strömmar,
hur de försvinna och slockna - ändå
leva de eviga drömmar.

Text Authorship:

by Jonatan Reuter (1859 - 1947), from the collection "Seglande skyar" (Sailing skies), first published 1896 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gustaf Nordqvist (1886 - 1949), "Drömmarna", 1918-22 [voice and piano], from Fem sånger, no. 5. [ sung text not verified ]
by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Drömmarna", 1917. [mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Träume", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 66

Träume

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Geschlechter kommen, Geschlechter vergehn,
sie ziehen vorbei wie Schäume,
sterben, verschwinden, erlöschen - trotzdem
bleiben die lockenden Träume:
Sie leben im Sturm, im Sonnlicht, im Leid,
dämmern und müssen abtreten,
erstehen aufs Neu in leuchtendem Kleid,
in ihre Spuren zu treten.
Wie sie auch kommen und wie sie auch gehn,
vorbeiziehn wie schöne Schäume,
wie sie verschwinden, erlöschen, trotzdem
leben sie ewig, die Träume.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2018 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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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Jonatan Reuter (1859 - 1947), from the collection "Seglande skyar" (Sailing skies), first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2018-02-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 63