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Wenn ich träume, Du liebst mich, so wirst du vergeben, Sey gegen den Traum nicht entbrannt, Nur in Träumen vermag deine Liebe zu leben, Ich erwach' und ich weine, sie schwand. D'rum, Morpheus, hülle nur fest meine Sinnen Mit gütiger Mattigkeit ein, Und laß einen Traum wie den letzten beginnen, Welch' himmlische Lust wär' mein. Die Sterblichkeit zeiget der Schlummer im Bilde Als Bruder des Todes uns an. Ist dieser ein Vorschmack von himmlischer Milde, Fort, nichtiger Odem, sodann! O zürne nicht, heitre die Brauen, Du süsse, Als wäre zu hold mein Geschick; Für die Sünd' im Traum, sieh nun, wie ich büße, Nur schauen ja darf ich das Glück! Und lächeln dem Schläfer einmal Deine Züge, Folgt gnügende Strafe darauf, Wie süss ein Gesicht auch von Dir mich belüge, Zu erwachen gibt Qualen vollauf.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Lord Byron's Poesien. Aus dem Englischen, Fünf und zwanzigstes Bändchen, übersetzt von Karl Ludwig Kannegiesser, Zwickau: im Verlage der Gebrüder Schumann, 1827, pages 49-50.
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Friedrich Ludwig Kannegießer (1781 - 1861), "An M. S. G." [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "To M. S. G.", appears in Hours of Idleness, first published 1807
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Annette Elisabeth, Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1848), "Aus dem Englischen von Byron", published 1877 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 146
If I dream that you love me, you shall forgive me, Do not be enraged over the dream, Only in my dreams is your love able to live, I awaken and I weep, for love vanished. Therefore, Morpheus, enshroud my senses tightly With kindly weariness, And let a dream like the former one begin; What heavenly rapture would be mine. Mortality is symbolically revealed to us by slumber, That brother of death. If the latter be a foretaste of heavenly gentleness, Then away at once, futile breath! Oh do not be angry, make serene your brow, you sweet one, As if my lot were too lovely; See how I now atone for the sin in my dream, I am only permitted to gaze upon happiness. And even if your lineaments once smile upon the sleeper, Ample punishment would follow, However sweetly a vision of you may deceive me, To awaken brings a full measure of agony.
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Translated titles:
"An M. S. G." = "To M. S. G."
"Aus dem Englischen von Byron" = "From the English of Byron"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Friedrich Ludwig Kannegießer (1781 - 1861), "An M. S. G."
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "To M. S. G.", appears in Hours of Idleness, first published 1807
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 159