by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Traumlicht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Licht im Traum Hat mich besucht, Es nahte kaum, [Und nahm]1 die Flucht. Der Blick ist tief Hier eingesenkt, Den, als ich schlief, Du mir geschenkt. Hell dämmert mild Am Tage wach, O Nachtgebild, Dein Glanz mir nach. Komm oft, O Stern, In meiner Ruh! Dir schließ' ich gern Die Augen zu.
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Research team for this page: John H. Campbell , Melanie Trumbull
Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert, Gesammelte Gedichte, Sechster Band, Erlangen: Carl Heyder, 1838, page 381. Appears in Haus- und Jahrslieder.
1 Loewe: "da nahm's"Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Traumlicht", appears in Haus- und Jahrslieder [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Traumlicht", 1842 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Traumlicht", AV. 123 no. 2 (1935) [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Männerchöre nach Gedichten von Friedrich Rückert, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Llum en somnis", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dream light", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lumière en rêve", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John H. Campbell , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 54