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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Mir träumt', ich flög' gar bange
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Mir träumt', ich flög' gar bange
Weit in die Welt hinaus,
Zu Straßburg [durch]1 alle Gassen
Bis vor Feinsliebchens Haus.

Feinsliebchen ist [betrübet]2,
Als ich so flieg', und weint:
"Wer dich so fliegen [lehret]3,
Das ist der böse Feind." 4

[Feinsliebchen! was hilft lügen]5,
Da du doch alles weißt!
Wer mich so fliegen [lehrte]6,
Das ist der böse Geist.

Feinsliebchen weint und schreiet,
Daß ich am Schrei erwacht,
Da lieg' ich, ach! in Augsburg
Gefangen auf der Wacht. 4

Und morgen muß ich hangen,
Feinslieb mich nicht mehr ruft,
Wohl morgen als ein Vogel
[Schweb']7 ich in freier Luft.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Duis •   W. Petersen 

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Confirmed with Justinus Kerner Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 51

Note: Kerner's poem was included in Des Knaben Wunderhorn under the title "Icarus" with the subtitle "Mitgetheilt, wahrscheinlich nicht sehr alt".
1 Petersen: "in"
2 Petersen: "betrübt"
3 Petersen: "lehrt"
4 Petersen adds "Tralirumla! Tralirumla!"
5 Petersen: "Feinslieb, was hilft hier lügen"
6 Petersen: "lehrt"
7 Duis, Petersen: "Schwank"

Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Der schwere Traum", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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 Gustav Baldamus (1862 - 1933), "Der schwere Traum", op. 92 (Drei Lieder von Justinus Kerner) no. 1, published 1909 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernst Duis (1896 - 1967), "Der schwere Traum" [ voice and lute ], in the collection Aus tausend Jahren Balladen und Kriegslieder zur Laute [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Icarus", op. 12a (Fünf Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn (frühe Fassung)) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Der schwere Traum", 1863 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Matthias Gräff-Schestag , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 109

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