Dreaming through the twilight | Broad meadows in the grey twilight

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Traum durch die Dämmerung

(Sung text for setting by C. Sinding)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Weite Wiesen im Dämmergrau;
die Sonne verglomm, die Sterne ziehn,
nun geh' ich zu der schönsten Frau,
weit über Wiesen im Dämmergrau,
tief in den Busch von Jasmin.

Durch Dämmergrau in der Liebe Land;
ich gehe nicht schnell, ich eile nicht;
mich zieht ein weiches samtenes Band
durch Dämmergrau in der Liebe Land,
in ein blaues, mildes Licht.

Note for stanza 2, line 5: in Strauss's song in the repetition, the line reverts to the original "in ein mildes, blaues Licht".

Composition:

Christian Sinding

Nemt, frouwe, disen kranz und andere Gedichte von Otto Julius Bierbaum

Text Authorship:

by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Somni a través del capvespre", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Dromend door de schemering", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dreaming through the twilight", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Rêve au crépuscule", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sogno al crepuscolo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "Sueño al atardecer", copyright © 2018, (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.
Line count: 10
Word count: 60

Dreaming through the twilight

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Sinding)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Broad meadows in the grey twilight;
the sun's light has died away and the stars are moving.
Now I go to the loveliest of women,
across the meadow in the grey twilight,
deep into bushes of jasmine.

Through the grey twilight to the land of love;
I do not walk quickly, I do not hurry.
I am drawn by a faint, velvet thread
through the grey twilight to the land of love,
into a blue, mild light.

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