לא אוכל הבין, גם לא להאמין!

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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)

Translation © by Max Mader, Tsippora Samberg

Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DAN DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE HEB ITA NOR RUS

Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben,
  Es hat ein Traum mich berückt;
Wie hätt' er doch unter allen
  Mich Arme erhöht und beglückt?

Mir war's, er habe gesprochen:
  Ich bin auf ewig dein --
Mir war's -- ich träume noch immer,
  Es kann ja nimmer so sein.

O laß im Traume mich sterben,
  Gewieget an seiner Brust,
Den seligen Tod mich schlürfen
  In Thränen unendlicher Lust.

Note: modernized spelling would change "Thränen" to "Tränen"

Composition:

Robert Schumann

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Text Authorship:

by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 3

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DAN Danish (Dansk) (Maryanna Morthensen) , "Jeg kan ikke fatte det, ikke tro det", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Daniel Platt) , "I can't grasp it, nor believe it", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "I cannot, I dare not believe it", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Kyle Gee) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je ne peux le comprendre ni le croire", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Non posso capirlo, non posso crederlo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "Не могу постигнуть, не могу поверить", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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לא אוכל הבין, גם לא להאמין!

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: Hebrew (עברית) after the German (Deutsch)

לא אוכל הבין, גם לא להאמין!       
שבוייה אני בחלומי:
איכה יכול הוא, מכל האחרות
דווקא אותי, העלובה,  לרומם ולהעניק לי אושר?

נדמה לי  שאמר
"שלך אני לעד!"
עודני בתוך חלום, כך זה נראה,
כי לא יכול להיות שזה קורה!

תנו לי למות כך, שרויה בחלום,
על חזהו מתרפקת.
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