Dreams | Night, as beautiful as your smile, came

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by Anton Alfred Noder (1864 - 1936), as A. de Nora

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Träume

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Schön wie Dein Lächeln kam die Nacht
Mit Flügeln, weich wie Deine Wangen
Und schwebte an mein Lager sacht
Und hielt mich, süß wie Du, umfangen.

Und sah mir schweigend ins Gesicht
Mit Augen dunkel wie die Deinen,
Und ließ der Träume mildes Licht
In meine müde Seele scheinen.

Und meine Seele schloß sich zu
Wie eine Ros' im Mondesschimmer -
Ob es die Nacht war oder Du,
Die mich geküßt - ich weiß es nimmer ...

Confirmed with Stürmisches Blut. Hundert Gedichte von A. De Nora, Leipzig: Verlag von L. Staackmann, 1905, page 12.

Text Authorship:

by Anton Alfred Noder (1864 - 1936), as A. de Nora, "Träume", appears in Stürmisches Blut. Hundert Gedichte von A. De Nora [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 Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Träume", op. 81 (7 Lieder für eine tiefere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Träume", op. 55 (Sieben Lieder) no. 2, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Dreams", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-11
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Word count: 74

Dreams

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Night, as beautiful as your smile, came
with wings as soft as your cheeks
and hovered by my bed quietly
and held me as sweetly as you do in an embrace.

And looked silently into my face
with eyes as dark as yours
and let the mild light of dreams
shine into my weary soul.

And my soul closed itself
as a rose does in moonlight –
whether it was the night or you
that kissed me – I no longer know...

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anton Alfred Noder (1864 - 1936), as A. de Nora, "Träume", appears in Stürmisches Blut. Hundert Gedichte von A. De Nora
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 82