Het leven is een droom | Het leven is een droom

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by Johann Christoph Wannovius (1753 - 1814)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Das Leben

(Sung text for setting by H. Behling)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Das Leben ist ein Traum,
Man merkt, man fühlt es kaum;
Denn schnell wie Wolken ziehn,
Ist dieser Traum dahin.

Wohl dem! der gut geträumt,
Wohl dem! des Saat hier keimt
Zur Erndte für die Zeit
der Unvergänglichkeit.

 ... 

Wohl dem! der nach der Nacht
Des Grabes froh erwacht,
Den nicht die Stimme schreckt,
Die aus dem Schlummer weckt.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4 of the original text.

Composition:

Heinrich Behling

Text Authorship:

by Johann Christoph Wannovius (1753 - 1814), "Das Leben", first published 1789

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La vida", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het leven is een droom", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Life is a dream", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La vie est un rêve", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Het leven is een droom

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Behling)

See original

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

Het leven is een droom,
Men voelt slechts zacht zijn zoom;
Want snel als 'n wolkenrij
Is deze droom voorbij.

Hij boft, wiens droom ontbloeit,
Hij boft, wiens zaad uitgroeit
Tot vruchten voor de tijd
Der onvergank'lijkheid.

 ... 

Hij boft, die na de nacht
Van 't graf de dag verwacht,
Die zonder schrik ontwaakt
Als 'n stem hem wakker maakt.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2010 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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