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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Traum
 (Sung text for setting by M. Reger)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Was ist mir denn so wehe?
  Es liegt ja wie im Traum
Der Grund schon, wo ich stehe,
  Die Wälder säuseln kaum
Noch von der dunklen Höhe.
  Es komme wie es will,
Was ist mir denn so wehe -
  Wie bald wird alles still.

Composition:

    Set to music by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Traum", op. 15 (Zehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1894), published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], London, Augener & Co.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 3

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

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