Ein Traum, ein Traum ist unser Leben
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Traum, ein Traum ist unser Leben
auf Erden hier.
Wie Schatten auf den Wogen schweben
und schwinden wir.
Und messen unsre trägen [Tritte]1
nach Raum und Zeit.
Und sind - [und]2 wissen's nicht - in [Mitte
der]3 Ewigkeit.
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1 Swienty, Zilcher: "Schritte"
2 Zilcher: "wir"
3 omitted by Swienty.
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sogno, soltanto sogno è l'esistenza", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Malcolm Wren
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 40
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Our life is but a dream, and dreaming
we live down here.
Like shadows on the swell we're streaming
and disappear.
And measure our laboured striding
by time and space,
not knowing that we e'er abide in
eternity.
Composition:
Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Our life is but a dream", 2013 [ medium voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Bertram Kottmann , "Our life is but a dream, and dreaming", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2007-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 38