Ohne Sinn und ohne Tiefe träumt mein Lied, wie wenn es schliefe. Muß auch niemanden berühren, will ein stilles Dasein führen. Auf dem rechten, auf dem linken Ohre schlummernd zu versinken! Ohne Sinn und ohne Tiefe träumt mein Lied. Oh daß es schliefe!
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Authorship:
- by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965) [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 Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Das träumende Lied", 1907, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 24 Präludien für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 19, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The dreaming song", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
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