Dreaming in winter | I dreamt you were with me

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by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Träumen im Winter

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich träumte, Du wärst bei mir;
   Ich hegte Dich still am Herzen;
Von all' meinen Wonnen Dir
   Erzählt' ich und meinen Schmerzen.

Du hieltest mich bei der Hand
   In seligem Liebeskosen,
Und draußen blühte das Land
   Im Schmucke der Maienrosen.

Als ich, erwachend, mich fand,
   Noch trunken von Deinem Scherzen:
Wie öd' der Winter im Land',
   Wie öd' der Winter im Herzen!

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• J. Rheinberger

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Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 16.

Note: the poet was a good friend of Rheinberger's wife and must have given him a copy of the poem before it was published.

Text Authorship:

by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), "Träumen im Winter", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe, first published 1887 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Word count: 66

Dreaming in winter

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I dreamt you were with me,
   I harboured you quietly in my heart;
I told you of all my joys
   And of all my pains.

You took me by the hand
   In blissful, loving caressing,
And outdoors the land bloomed
   In the adornment of the May-roses.

When I, awakening, found myself
   Still drunken from your jesting:
How desolate was the winter in the land,
   How desolate the winter in my heart!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), "Träumen im Winter", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe, first published 1887
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 73