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Hörst du, wie die Brunnen rauschen? Hörst du, wie die Grille zirpt? Stille, stille, laß uns lauschen, Selig, wer in Träumen stirbt; Selig, wen die Wolken wiegen, [Wem]1 der Mond ein Schlaflied singt; O! wie selig kann der fliegen, Dem der Traum den Flügel schwingt, Daß an blauer Himmelsdecke Sterne er wie Blumen pflückt; Schlafe, träume, flieg, ich wecke Bald dich auf und bin beglückt!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Clemens Brentano's gesammelte schriften. Zweiter Band. Weltliche Gedichte, ed. by Christian Brentano, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1852, pages 441-442.
Note: Line 6 word 1 is "Wenn" in the first edition, but later editions use "Wem".
1 Strauss: "Wenn"Text Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Das Märchen von dem Myrtenfräulein [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 Rudi Spring (1962 - 2025), "Lied des Prinzen", op. 101a (2024) [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Säusle, liebe Myrte!", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 3 (1918-1919)
Score: IMSLP [external link]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2003
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 66
Do you hear how the fountains roar? Do you hear how the cricket twitters? Hush, hush, let us listen. Blessed is he who dies in his dreams; Blessed is he whom clouds cradle, when the moon sings a lullaby; Oh! how blissfully can he fly, he who brandishes wings in his dreams, so that on the blue roof of Heaven he may pick stars like flowers; sleep, dream, fly - I will awaken you soon and you will be happy!
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Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2003 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Das Märchen von dem Myrtenfräulein
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 79