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Mir träumte wieder der alte Traum: Es war eine Nacht im Maie, Wir saßen unter dem Lindenbaum, Und schwuren uns ewige Treue. Das war ein Schwören und Schwören aufs neu, Ein Kichern, ein Kosen, ein Küssen; Daß ich gedenk des Schwures sei, Hast du in die Hand mich gebissen. O Liebchen mit den Äuglein klar! O Liebchen schön und bissig! Das Schwören in der Ordnung war, Das Beißen war überflüssig.
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 156.
Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 52 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Andre Asriel (b. 1922), "Treue", 1948-1975 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Breiler , "Mir träumte wieder der alte Traum" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Conradi , "Mir träumte wieder der alte Traum", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für eine mittlere Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ medium voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Mir träumte wieder der alte Traum", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Herbstzyklus, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905 - 1988), "Mir träumte wieder der alte Traum" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Portuguese (Português), a translation by Alberto Nepomuceno (1864 - 1920) ; composed by Alberto Nepomuceno.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 52, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 70
Il me revient, ce rêve ancien : C'était durant une nuit de mai, Nous étions assis sous le tilleul Et nous nous jurions un éternel amour. C'étaient serments sur serments Un badinage, un câlin, un baiser ; Pour que je me rappelle le serment, Tu m'as mordu la main. Ô mon amour aux yeux clairs ! Ô mon amour, belle et incisive ! Le serment était à propos, La morsure superflue.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 52
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 71