Traum durch die Dämmerung

Weite Wiesen im Dämmergrau;
die Sonne verglomm, die Sterne ziehn,
nun geh' [ich]1 zu der schönsten Frau,
weit über Wiesen im Dämmergrau,
tief in den Busch von Jasmin.

Durch Dämmergrau in der Liebe Land;
ich gehe nicht schnell, ich eile nicht;
mich zieht ein weiches samtenes Band
durch Dämmergrau in der Liebe Land,
in ein [mildes, blaues]2 Licht.

Translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA

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¹ Strauss: "ich hin"
² Strauss: "blaues, mildes"

Submitted by Emily Ezust

Authorship

• by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910) [ author's text verified 1 time]

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

• by Wolfgang Jordan , "Traum durch die Dämmerung", published 1899 [voice and piano], from Träume. Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Berlin, Deneke [
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• by Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (b. 1963), "Traum durch die Dämmerung", op. 1 no. 2 (1979) [baritone and piano], from Zwei Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, no. 2. [
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• by Vitězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (1870 - 1949), "Traum durch die Dämmerung", op. 46 no. 2, published 1912, from Erotikon, no. 2. [
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• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Traum durch die Dämmerung", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1899), published 1899 [medium voice and piano], München, Aibl Verlag [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Traum durch die Dämmerung" [
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• by A. von Sponer , "Traum durch die Dämmerung", op. 12 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1899 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [
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  ]
• by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Traum durch die Dämmerung", op. 29 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Otto Julius Bierbaum) no. 1 (1895), published 1895 [voice and piano], München, Aibl [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Dreaming through the twilight", copyright ©
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , title 1: "Sogno al crepuscolo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Rêve au crépuscule", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "Somni a través del capvespre", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Dreaming through the twilight

Broad meadows in the grey twilight;
the sun's light has died away and the stars are moving.
Now I go to the loveliest of women,
across the meadow in the grey twilight,
deep into bushes of jasmine.

Through the grey twilight to the land of love;
I do not walk quickly, I do not hurry.
I am drawn by a faint, velvet thread
through the grey twilight to the land of love,
into a blue, mild light.

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910) CAT FRE ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wolfgang Jordan, Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau, Vitězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák, Max Reger, Christian Sinding, A. von Sponer, Richard Georg Strauss. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.