LiederNet logo

CONTENTS

×
  • Home | Introduction
  • Composers (20,158)
  • Text Authors (19,577)
  • Go to a Random Text
  • What’s New
  • A Small Tour
  • FAQ & Links
  • Donors
  • DONATE

UTILITIES

  • Search Everything
  • Search by Surname
  • Search by Title or First Line
  • Search by Year
  • Search by Collection

CREDITS

  • Emily Ezust
  • Contributors (1,115)
  • Contact Information
  • Bibliography

  • Copyright Statement
  • Privacy Policy

Follow us on Facebook

×

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

Gefährliche Träume

Translations © by Heidrun Beer

Song Cycle by Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879)

View original-language texts alone: Farlige Drømme: seks digte fra Holger Drachmanns "Tannhäuser"

1. Du lægger dig ned en aftenstund
 (Sung text)
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Du lægger dig ned en aftenstund
og giver dig til at drømme;
søvnen er sød, og hvilen er sund,
og tankerne holdes i første blund i tømme.
Men eftersom nattens timer gå,
styrer du ud på må og få
i stærke og stride strømme.
Du vågner silde; for sent, min ven,
til at finde dig selv ved det gamle igen.
O hvilke gåder fra nattens grund,
hvilke sælsomme syner i søvnens blund,
o hvilke farlige drømme!

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877

Go to the general single-text view

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
1.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du legst dich hin zur Abendstund,
verlierst dich in deinen Träumen;
Schlaf ist ja süß, die Ruhe gesund,
nie würdest Gewohntes du ohne Grund versäumen.
Doch du, als die Nachtstunde schreitet voran,
steuerst erkühnt eine andere Bahn,
entkommst deinen engen Zäumen.
Dann endlich erwachst du, mein Freund - zu spät,
es gibt kein Zurück mehr, die Saat ist gesät.
Oh, welche Rätsel vom Grund der Nacht,
was für selt'ne Gesichte der Schlaf hat gebracht,
oh, welch' gefährliche Träume!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2020 by Heidrun Beer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877
    • Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view


This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

Translation © by Heidrun Beer
2. Hvor engen har foldet, ved mosens bred
 (Sung text)
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Hvor engen har foldet, ved mosens bred,
sit tæppe ud med et venligt: Sid ned!
bag hækken, som løfter sin skærm mod solen,
dér sad hun med blomster i skødet paa kjolen;
engen dufted og mosen med,
han rørte sig ikke ud af sit sted;
han saa, hvor hun vikled, han saa, hvor hun bandt,
tilsidst han i slyngningen selv sig fandt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877

Go to the general single-text view

Note: modernized spelling would change all occurrences of 'aa' to 'å', and 'é' to 'e'


by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
2.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Wiese sich breitet, dem Moore nah,
zur Rast einladend, ruft freundlich "Bleib da!",
Geschmiegt in die Hecke, beschirmt vor der Sonne,
da saß sie, den Arm voller Blumen, das Lächeln voll Wonne.
Duftend die Wiese und auch das Moor,
er rührte sich nicht aus dem Schatten hervor.
Er sah, wie sie wickelte; sah, wie sie band,
bis er in den Schlingen gefangen sich fand.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2020 by Heidrun Beer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877
    • Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view


This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 65

Translation © by Heidrun Beer
3. Det blinker med perler
 (Sung text)
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Det blinker med perler, et glimmernet 
er lagt over skoven;
skyen har netop for nylig grædt,
nu smiler månen foroven.
Fortrøst dig dog ikke til månens skin,
forvild dig ikke i skyggerne ind;
der vifter den farligste elvervind 
gennem skoven.

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877

Go to the general single-text view

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
3.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie blinkende Perlen, ein Glimmer scheint
im Wald wie gewoben;
Wolke hat eben noch lange geweint,
der Mond nun lächelt da oben.
Vertraue du nicht auf des Mondes Schein,
verirre dich nicht in die Schatten hinein;
noch ist der gefährliche Elfenreih'n
nicht zerstoben.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2020 by Heidrun Beer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877
    • Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view


This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Translation © by Heidrun Beer
4. Så lad sangen i salene bruse
 (Sung text)
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Så lad sangen i salene bruse,
sæt på bordene bægrene frem,
lad os åbne for svimmelens sluse,
lad os sende forsagtheden hjem.

Nu er nydelsen nået til huse,
den har sat sig i højsædet fast;
på dens byden jeg vil mig beruse,
om så livet med lykken brast.

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877

Go to the general single-text view

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
4.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Laßt die Lieder im Saale erschallen,
bringt den Wein und die Becher heraus,
laßt uns in die Glückseligkeit fallen,
laßt uns senden die Vorsicht nach Haus.
 
Nun die Freude hat Einzug gehalten,
unsre Lust wird zur obersten Pflicht;
laßt s' nach Herzenslust schalten, ja schalten und walten,
wenn auch Leben und Glück zerbricht.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2020 by Heidrun Beer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877
    • Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view


This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

Translation © by Heidrun Beer
5. I skoven er der så stille
 (Sung text)
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
I skoven er der så stille;
der rasler kun det gule blad;
nu kommer den stund,
vi ville som venner skilles ad.

Skoven luder med brinken brat.
Vindfælden vakler, når vinden ta'r fat.
Nu kommer vintrens den lange hvile
og længere nat.

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877

Go to the general single-text view

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
5.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ganz stille wird's nun im Walde; 
es raschelt nur das gelbe Blatt; 
Die Stunde des Abschieds balde 
uns, Freund, geschlagen hat. 
 
Stumm wird der Abhang vom Wald bewacht.
Wind hat zu Boden den Baum gebracht. 
Lang bringt der Winter nun Ruh im Walde 
und längere Nacht.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2020 by Heidrun Beer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877
    • Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view


This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

Translation © by Heidrun Beer
6. Den blomstrende Sommer blev kædet til Høst
 (Sung text)
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Den blomstrende Sommer blev kædet til Høst,
Til Død, hvad der var ilive.
Sorg skal følge paa Lyst,
Stille, Du bankende Bryst!
Kun de evige Love skal blive.
Venner, ræk Haand over Graven hen;
Den Døde kommer ej mer igen,
Men Aanden taler fra Rummet,
Naar Læben her er forstummet.

 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Koral", appears in Ranker og roser, in Anden Afdeling, first published 1879

See other settings of this text.

Confirmed with Drachmann, Holger, Samlede Petiske Skrifter - Folkeudgave - Fjerde bind, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1907.

First published in Tannhäuser, 1877

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
6.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zum Herbst hat der blühende Sommer gemußt,
was lebt, muß zum Grabe gehen.
Sorg' muß folgen auf Lust,
Schweige, du klopfende Brust! 
Nur das ew'ge Gesetz bleibt bestehen.
Freund, reich die Hand übers Grab mir her;
Die Tote kommt ja zurück nicht mehr,
ihr Geist vom Raume sich zeiget,
wenn die Lippe hier nun auch schweiget.

[ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2020 by Heidrun Beer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Koral", appears in Ranker og roser, in Anden Afdeling, first published 1879
    • Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view


This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 56

Translation © by Heidrun Beer
Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project by Emily Ezust, who has been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your help is greatly appreciated!
–Emily Ezust, Founder

Donate

We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.

I acknowledge the use of cookies

Contact
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright © 2025 The LiederNet Archive

Site redesign by Shawn Thuris