English translations of Träume : Drei Gedichte aus H. Heines Reisebildern, opus 9
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883)
Mir träumte: [traurig]1 [schaute]2 der Mond, Und traurig schienen die Sterne; Es trug mich zur Stadt, wo Liebchen wohnt, Viel hundert Meilen ferne. Es hat mich zu ihrem Hause geführt, Ich küßte die Steine der Treppe, Die oft ihr kleiner Fuß berührt Und ihres Kleides Schleppe. Die Nacht war lang, die Nacht war kalt, Es waren so kalt die Steine; Es [lugt']3 aus dem Fenster die blasse Gestalt, Beleuchtet vom Mondenscheine!
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 26
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 128.
1 Seligmann: "schaurig"2 von Erlanger: "schien"
3 von Erlanger: "luch" ?
[I dreamt: the moon gazed sadly]1, And sadly shone the stars; I was carried to the city where my beloved lives, Many hundreds of miles away. I was led to her house, I kissed the stones of the stoop That her little foot And the train of her dress had touched. The night was long, the night was cold, The stones were so cold; Her pale form peers out of the window, Illumined by moonlight!
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"An Sie" = "To her"
"Ihre Gestalt" = "Her form"
"Mir träumte" = "I dreamt"
"Mir träumte, schaurig schaute der Mond" = "I dreamt, the moon gazed gruesomely"
"Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond" = "I dreamt: the moon gazed sadly"
"Mir träumte: traurig schien der Mond" = "I dreamt: the moon shone sadly"
"Sehnsucht II" = "Yearning II"
"Traumbild" = "Dream image"
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Im Traum sah ich die Geliebte Ein banges, bekümmertes Weib, Verwelkt und abgefallen Der sonst so blühende Leib. Ein Kind trug sie auf dem Arme, Ein andres führt sie an der Hand, Und sichtbar ist Armut und Trübsal Am Gang und Blick und Gewand. Sie schwankte über den Marktplatz, Und da begegnet sie mir Und sieht mich an, und ruhig Und schmerzlich sag ich zu ihr: Komm mit nach meinem Hause, Denn du bist blaß und krank; Ich will durch Fleiß und Arbeit Dir schaffen Speis' und Trank. Ich will auch pflegen und warten Die Kinder, die bei dir sind, Vor allem aber dich selber, Du armes, unglückliches Kind. Ich will dir nie erzählen, Daß ich dich geliebet hab', Und wenn du stirbst, so will ich [Weinen]1 auf deinem Grab.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 41
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Loewe: "Nur weinen"
In my dreams I saw my beloved, a timid, troubled woman, withered and worn down, who once was such a blossoming person. A child she supported in her arm, another she led by the hand, their poverty and misery evident in their gait, their look, and their garb. She staggered across the marketplace, encounters me there, and gazes at me; and calmly and sorrowfully I say to her: Come with me to my house, for you are pale and ill. I will, through diligence and work, provide you with food and drink. I will also maintain and cultivate these children that are with you, but above all else, you, you poor, unlucky child. I will never tell you that I once loved you and when you die, I will weep over your grave.
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Wenn ich auf dem Lager liege In Nacht [und Kissen]1 gehüllt, So schwebt mir vor ein süßes, Anmutig liebes Bild! Wenn mir der stille Schlummer Geschlossen die Augen kaum, So schleicht [das Bild sich leise]2 Hinein in meinen Traum [Doch]3 mit dem Traum des Morgens Zerrinnt es nimmermehr; Dann trag' ich es im Herzen Den ganzen Tag umher.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 49
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine's Sämmtliche Werke, Erster Band: Reisebilder, Dritte Auflage, Philadelphia: Verlag von John Weik, 1856, pages 29-30.
1 omitted by Mendelssohn
2 Lang: "das liebe Bild"
3 Lang: "Und"
When I lie on the bed, shrouded in night and cushions, So floats before me a sweet, lovely dear image. When silent slumber has barely closed my eyes, So creeps the image quietly into my dream. And in the morning it never fades away with the dream: Then I carry it about with me in my heart the whole day.
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