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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Mir träumt', ich komm ans Himmelstor
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Mir träumt', ich komm ans Himmelstor
und finde dich, die Süße!
Du saßest bei dem Quell davor
und wuschest dir die Füße.

Du wuschest, wuschest ohne Rast
den blendend weißen Schimmer,
begannst mit wunderlicher Hast
dein Werk von neuem immer.

Ich frug: "Was badest du dich hier
mit tränennassen Wangen?"
Du sprachts: "Weil ich im Staub mit dir,
so tief im Staub gegangen."

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Text Authorship:

  • by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Am Himmelstor", op. 3 (Fünf Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (189-?), published 1896 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maria Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen , "Am Himmelstor" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Am Himmelsthor", op. 53 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Hageman (1881 - 1966), "Am Himmelstor" [ voice and piano ], from Vier deutsche Gedichte, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Am Himmelstor", op. 60 no. 5 (1946) [ medium voice and piano ], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 5, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joseph Suder (1892 - 1980), "Am Himmelstor", 1910, rev. 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Am Himmelsthor", op. 26 (Fünf Gesänge für mittlere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Edmond Mach) , "At heaven's gate", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Caroline Diehl

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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