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Ich wiege und wiege und wiege mich ein mit Träumen bei Tag und bei Nacht und trinke den selben betäubenden Wein wie der, der schläft, wenn er wacht. Ich singe und singe und sing' mir ein Lied, ein Lied von Hoffnung und Glück, ich sing' es wie der, der geht und nicht sieht, daß er nimmermehr gehn kann zurück. Ich sage und sage und sag' mir die Mär, die Mär vom Liebesgeflecht, ich sage sie mir und glaub' doch nicht mehr und weiß doch: das Ende ist schlecht. Ich spiele und spiele mir die Melodei der Tage, die nicht mehr sind, und mache mich von der Wahrheit frei und tue, als wäre ich blind. Ich lache und lache und lache mich aus ob dieses meines Spiels. Und spinne doch Träume, so wirr und so kraus, so bar eines jeden Ziels.
Confirmed with Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Blütenlese. Gedichte, Herausgegeben von Adolf Rauchwerger, Tel Aviv: Telaviv University [Press], 1979, page 41.
Text Authorship:
- by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Schlaflied für mich", written 1941, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Erster Teil, in Nachtschatten [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Yiddish (יידיש), a translation by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983) , copyright © by Ruth Levin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Leibu Levin.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sleeping song for myself", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
Line count: 20
Word count: 140
I rock and rock and rock myself to sleep with dreams by day and by night and drink the same stupefying wine as he who sleeps while he's awake. I sing and sing and sing myself a song, a song of hope and happiness, I sing it like him who walks and does not see that he can nevermore come back. I tell and tell and tell myself the tale, the tale of the web of love, I tell it to myself and yet no longer believe it for I know: the end is bad. To myself, I play and play the melody of the days that are no more, and free myself from the truth and act as if I were blind. I laugh and laugh and laugh at myself over this my game. And yet I spin dreams, so confused and muddled so utterly devoid of every goal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Schlaflied für mich", written 1941, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Erster Teil, in Nachtschatten
This text was added to the website: 2024-06-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 150