Let me rest, let me dream

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen,
Wo die Abendwinde linde
Säuseln in den Blütenbäumen,
Wo der Nachtigallen 
Lieder wieder 
In der Zweige Dämmrung schallen!

Wie des Mondes Silberhelle
Auf des Baches dunkler Welle,
Spielt in dieser lichten Stunde
Auf des Weges dunklem Grunde
Der vergangnen Tage 
Freud' und Klage.
Der Erinnrung Lust und Schmerzen
Flimmern auf in meinem Herzen -

Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen
Bei der Nachtigallen Sange
Unter vollen Blütenbäumen
Lange -- lange!

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Confirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke; Erster Band : Lyrische Gedichte: Dichterleben, Liebesleben, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1890, p. 77

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Dichterleben, in Reifere Mannesjahre [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Let me rest, let me dream

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Let me rest, let me dream
Where the evening breezes gently
Rustle in the blossoming trees,
Where the nightingales’
Songs again
Ring out in the twilight of the branches!
 
Just as the silvery brightness of the moon
Plays upon the dark waves of the brook,
In this bright hour
Upon the pathway’s dark ground
Of bygone days play
Delight and lamentation.
The joy and pain of remembrance
Flare up in my heart -
 
Let me rest, let me dream
To the singing of the nightingales
Under luxuriant blossoming trees,
A long time -- a long time!

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Translated titles:
"Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen" = "Let me rest, let me dream"
"Laßt mich ruhen" = "Let me rest"
"Abendfrieden" = "Evening Peace"

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