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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 [seligsten]1 Tod mich schlürfen In Thränen unendlicher Lust.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Neunzehnte Auflage (19th edition), Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1869, page 11.
Note: modernized spelling would change "Thränen" to "Tränen"1 Austin, Wiseneder, and some editions of Schumann: "seligen"
Text Authorship:
- by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 3 [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 Adolf Ander , "Frauenliebe und Leben", op. 2 (>>1873) [ voice and piano ], Wien, C.A. Spina Hamburg, Aug. Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elizabeth R. Austin (b. 1938), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", 1999 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -leben, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ihr Traum", op. 27 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1840 [ violoncello, voice, and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Mein", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lorenz Lehmann (1807 - 1852), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 34 no. 1, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder von A. von Chamisso, no. 1, Berlin, Stackebrandt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", op. 60 no. 3 (1836), from Frauenliebe, Liederkranz von Chamisso, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Erwählt", op. 104 (7 Gesänge und Lieder für Alt (oder Bassstimme) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 24ste Liedersammlung) no. 2, published 1835 [ alto or bass and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", op. 42 no. 3 (1840), published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -Leben, no. 3, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Sulzbach (1885 - 1932), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 23 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Ich kann's nicht fassen ", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Wiseneder (1807 - 1868), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", c1839-40 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 64
我無法把握, 也無法相信, 如美夢般把我迷惑住了, 他如何能夠, 在人群中, 選擇了謙卑但卻喜樂的我? 似乎他對著我說, “我永遠是你的” 似乎只是我重複的夢, 這是不可能的事情. 阿! 讓我在這美夢中死去吧, 永遠的沉睡在他的胸懷中. 讓這最幸福的死亡籠罩我, 在無止境幸福的眼淚中.
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Translations of title(s):
"Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben" = "我無法把握, 也無法相信"
"Ich kann's nicht fassen" = "我無法把握"
"Frauenliebe und Leben" = "女人的愛情與生活"
"Erwählt" = "當選"
"Ihr Traum" = "他的夢"
"Mein" = "我的"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Chinese (中文) copyright © 2018 by Mei Foong Ang, (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 Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 15