Traumkinder

Traumkinder nahmen sich bei der Hand,
sie wollten mit einander geh'n
zu suchen der Sehnsucht fernes Land,
das Menschenauge nie geseh'n.

Das stille Land sonder Hass und Qual,
das Menschenfuß niemals erreicht,
ob wir es finden noch einmal?
Traumkinder dachten vielleicht!

Traumkinder zogen am Morgen aus,
ihr Herz war ganz voll Hoffnung froh
und Abends kehrten sie still nach Haus
und weinten und weinten und weinten so.

Submitted by Peter Donderwinkel

Authorship

• by Paul Bornstein (1868 - ?), first published 1899? [ 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 Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "Traumkinder", op. 60 no. 3, from Four Songs, no. 3. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Rudolf Philipp , "Traumkinder", op. 36. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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