Ik stond in duist're dromen

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FIN FRE FRE GRE ITA KOR LIT NOR SPA

Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen
Und starrte ihr Bildniß an,
Und das geliebte Antlitz
Heimlich zu leben begann.
 
Um ihre Lippen zog sich
Ein Lächeln wunderbar,
Und wie von Wehmuthsthränen
Erglänzte ihr Augenpaar.
 
Auch meine Thränen flossen
Mir von den Wangen herab -- 
Und ach, ich kann es nicht glauben,
Daß ich Dich verloren hab'!

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von H. Heine. Hamburg bei Hoffmann und Campe. 1827, page 201; and with Reisebilder von H. Heine. Erster Theil. Hamburg, bey Hoffmann und Campe. 1826, page 27.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1823-24, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 23, first published 1826 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Ik stond in duist're dromen

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Ik stond in duist're dromen
En staarde naar haar beeld.
Toen heeft een heim'lijk leven
Dat lief gelaat omspeeld.

Een wonderlijke glimlach
Verscheen rondom haar mond
En haar betraande ogen
Verrieden een diepe wond.

Ook van mijn wangen liepen
In stromen tranen neer - 
En ach, ik kan 't niet geloven:
Ik heb geen beminde meer.

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Translation of title "Ihr Bild" = "Haar beeld"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1823-24, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 23, first published 1826
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