Bonheur rêvé | Et quand tu dors et rêves de moi

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Traumglück

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Und wenn du schläfst und träumst von mir
Dann komm ich still gegangen
Und leg' mein weinendes Gesicht
An deine braunen Wangen.

Und nehme scheu dein schlafend Haupt
In meine beiden Hände
Und denk, wir wären beide todt,
Und Alles wär' zu Ende.

Die Ahnung meiner Nähe hebt
Dir wohl die trunknen Lider,
Ich aber küsse sie dir zu
Und gehe heimlich wieder.

Und wenn du morgens dann erwachst,
Liegt wohl ein blasser Schimmer
Von Traumglück und verweinter Lust
Noch über deinem Zimmer.

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, pages 35-36.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Traumglück", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 20 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Dora Pejačević (1885 - 1923), "Traumglück", op. 30 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 (1911), published 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dream happiness", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonheur rêvé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

Bonheur rêvé

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Et quand tu dors et rêves de moi,
Je viens silencieusement vers toi.
Et je pose mon visage en larmes
Sur ta joue brune.

Et timidement je prends ta tête endormie
Entre mes mains,
Et j'imagine que nous sommes tous deux morts
Et que tout est à sa fin.

La sensation de ma proximité lève
Tes paupières enivrées.
Mais je les baise pour les garder fermées
Et je vais secrètement à nouveau.

Et quand tu t'éveilles au matin,
Un pâle éclat repose
De ton bonheur rêvé et du plaisir taché de larmes
Encore dans ta chambre.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Traumglück", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 20
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 96