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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ihre Gestalt

(Sung text for setting by F. Lachner)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

  Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond,
Und traurig schienen die Sterne;
Es trug mich zur Stadt, wo Liebchen wohnt,
Viel hundert Meilen ferne.

  Es hat mich zu ihrem Hause geführt,
Ich küßte die Steine der Treppe,
Die oft ihr kleiner Fuß berührt
Und ihres Kleides Schleppe.

  Die Nacht war so lang, die Nacht schaut' kalt,
Es waren so kalt die Steine;
Es lugt' aus dem Fenster die blasse Gestalt,
Beleuchtet vom Mondenscheine!

Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 128.

Composition:

Franz Paul Lachner

Sängerfahrt. Achtzehn Lieder

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Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 26

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'étais en rêve: la lune avait un regard triste", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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J'étais en rêve: la lune avait un regard triste

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Lachner)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

J'étais en rêve: la lune avait un regard triste,
Et tristes semblaient les étoiles;
Il me porta à la ville où ma bien-aimée vit,
Éloignée de plusieurs centaines de milles.

Il m'a conduit à sa maison,
J'ai embrassé les pierres de son escalier,
Souvent touchées de son petit pied
Et de la traîne de son vêtement.

La nuit était longue, la nuit était froide,
Les pierres aussi étaient froides.
On voyait par la fenêtre sa silhouette pâle
Illuminée par le clair de lune!

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