Ich hab ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint

Ich hab ihn im [Schlafe]1 zu sehen gemeint,
Noch sträubt vor Entsetzen mein Haar sich empor,
O hätt ich doch schlaflos die Nacht durchweint,
Wie manche der Nächte zuvor!

Ich sah ihn verstört, [zerrissen]2 und bleich,
Wie er in den Sand zu schreiben schien,
Er schrieb unsre Namen, ich kannt es gleich,
Da hab ich wohl laut [geschrien]3.

Er fuhr zusammen, [vom]4 Schrei erschreckt
Und blickte mich an verstummt wie das Grab,
Ich hielt ihm die Arme entgegengestreckt,
Und er -- er wandte sich ab.

Translation(s): ENG ENG FRE

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• by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Tränen, no. 6 [ author's text checked 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 Rudolph Bergh (1859 - 1924), "Ich hab ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", op. 3 no. 5, published 1893 [voice and piano], from Thränen. Liederzyklus von Adalbert [sic] von Chamisso, no. 5, Leipzig, Hansen [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Ich habe ihn im Schlafe", op. 37 no. 5 (1906-10) [voice and piano], from Thränen, no. 5. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Friedrich August Dressler (1827 - 1862), "Ich hab ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", op. 9 no. 4, published 1887 [alto and piano], from Thränen. Lieder-Cyclus von Adalbert [sic] von Chamisso componiert für eine Altstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin: R. Sulzer [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Ich hab ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", op. 23 no. 5, published 1870 [alto or mezzo-soprano and piano], from Thränen. Lieder-Cyclus von Chamisso, no. 5, Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [ sung text not verified ]
• by Robert von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Ich hab' ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", published 1887 [soprano and piano], from Thränen. Ein Lieder-Cyklus von Adelbert von Chamisso, no. 5, Stuttgart, Kröner [ sung text not verified ]
• by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Ich hab ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", op. 30 no. 5, published 1865 [voice and piano], from Dolorosa, no. 5, Leipzig, Forberg [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Daniël de Lange (1841 - 1918), "Ich hab ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", published 1887 [voice and piano], from Thränen. Sieben Gedichte von Chamisso, no. 6, Amsterdam : Wahlberg [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Max Lippold (1845 - 1907), "Thränen", op. 31 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1893 [voice and piano], Breslau, Hainauer [ sung text not verified ]
• by Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857 - 1929), "Ich hab' ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", op. 2 no. 6, published 1878 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Thränen. Ein Liedercyclus von Chamisso, no. 6, Wien: J. Gutmann, Kunst & Musikalienhandlung [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Paul Merkel , "Ich hab' ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", op. 12 no. 5, published 1891 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Thränen. Sechs Gesänge für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Meissner [ sung text not verified ]
• by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Ich hab' ihn im Schlafe zu sehen gemeint", op. 31 no. 5, published 1882 [voice and piano], from Thränen. Sechs Gedichte von A. von Chamisso für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Kassel, Voigt [ sung text not verified ]

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• ENG English (Rufus Hallmark) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (Virginia Woods, Mrs. John P. Morgan)
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I thought I saw him in my sleep

I thought I saw him in my sleep,
From dread my hair still stands on end;
Oh if only I had cried sleeplessly through the night,
                As on many a previous night.
 
I saw him troubled, worried and pale,
As he appeared to write in the sand;
He wrote our names, I knew it straightway,
                And I cried out loudly.
 
He started, horrified by my cry,
And looked at me, silent as the grave,
I held my arms out to him,
                And he-- he turned away.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Tränen, no. 6 FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Rudolph Bergh, Gerard Bunk, Friedrich August Dressler, Wilhelm Hill, Robert von Hornstein, Adolf Jensen, Daniël de Lange, Max Lippold, Eusebius Mandyczewski, Paul Merkel, Friedrich August Naubert. Go to the text.

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