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by Carl Gärtner (1821 - 1875)

Du bist mein Traum
 (Sung text for setting by H. Langer)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Die Herzen ruhn, die Blumen schlafen
  Fromm in der sel'gen Sternennacht.
In meines Herzens stillem Hafen
  Hält treue Liebe rastlos Wacht. 
Dir möcht' ich es so gerne klagen,
  Was mich so froh, so elend macht,
Und dir's in deinen Schlummer sagen:
  "Du bist mein Traum in stiller Nacht!" 

Du ahnest nicht mein treues Lieben
  Um dich, du holde, süße Maid. 
Ist mir auf Erden nichts geblieben,
  Bist du doch meine Seligkeit.
Neigst du auch nicht dein Haupt hernieder
  In seiner Locken hellen Pracht,
Dir tönet fort das Lied der Lieder:
  "Du bist mein Traum in stiller Nacht!" 

 ... 

Note for stanza 2, line 6: in Langer's setting this line starts "In seiner Locken hellen" [sic].

Composition:

    Set to music by Hermann Langer (1819 - 1889), "Du bist mein Traum", stanzas 1-2 [ tenor and four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: C. F. Kahnt; confirmed with Vivat Paulus! Liederbuch des Universitäts-Sängervereins zu St. Pauli [Paulinerverein], ed. by G. Hausmann, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1863, no. 46, pages 157 - 158

Text Authorship:

  • by Carl Gärtner (1821 - 1875), "Ständchen", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 146

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