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Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen: „Wer pocht an's Fensterlein?“ Dann wird der Wind dir sagen: Ich bin's! -- o laß mich ein! Dem Liebsten ist nach dir so bang, Ich bring' dir Gruß und Kuß und Sang -- Schlummre süß! Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen: „Was will so heller Schein?“ Dann wird der Mond dir sagen: Ich bin's! -- o laß mich ein! Ich komm' von Einem, der noch wacht, Der für dich betet jede Nacht, Schlummre süß! Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen: „Woher so süßer Schall?“ Wird dir ein Vöglein sagen: Ich bin's, die Nachtigall! Von Lieb' und Sehnsucht sing' ich laut, Bis daß dein Aug' den Morgen schaut -- Schlummre süß!
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Confirmed with Pfälzische Blätter für Geschichte, Poesie und Unterhaltung, ed. by A. Kranzbühler, Zweibrücken: A. Kranzbühler, Freitag, 9 Juni 1871, issue no. 67, first page [no page numbers].
Authorship:
- by Rudolf Löwenstein (1819 - 1891), "Ständchen" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen", op. 137 (3 Lieder für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Wenn du im Traum", op. 75 (5 Quartetten für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1850 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Beschnitt (1825 - 1880), "Serenade", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder für Männerchor) no. 4 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Berlin: Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard, Freiherr von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1831 - 1891), "Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Breslau: Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Ständchen", op. 52 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen", op. 63 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1854 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Hermann Krigar (1819 - 1880), "Ständchen", op. 5 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: M. Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Langer (1830 - 1889), "Ständchen", op. 12 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Ständchen", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Lindner (1820 - 1878), "Ständchen", op. 11 (Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Machts (1846 - 1903), "Traumboten", op. 15 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Ständchen", op. 26 no. 1 [ voice, cello, piano ], Offenbach am Main: Johann André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Mulder (1822 - 1874), "Im Traum", op. 47 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach am Main: Johann André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (b. 1835), "Ständchen", op. 82 (Fünf Lieder für vier Männerstimmen) no. 1 [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], Leipzig: Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Saloman (1816 - 1899), "Ständchen", op. 20 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Schäffer (1814 - 1879), "Ständchen", op. 55 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen", op. 76 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Ständchen", op. 112 [ voice and piano ], J. Weiss [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Trutschel, jun. , "Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen", op. 18 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1859 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Ständchen", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Wagner (1816 - 1894), "Wenn Du im Traum wirst fragen" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Liebe, dritte Folge, no. 2, Stralsund: Topp [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Ständchen", published 1874 [ vocal duet with piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Ständchen", op. 4 (Fünf Quartetten für Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1862 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-05
Line count: 21
Word count: 112
If, in a dream, you may ask: “Who is knocking on my little window? Then the wind will say to you: “I am! Oh, let me inside! Your beloved is so anxious to be near you, I bring you greetings, and kisses and song – Slumber sweetly!” If, in a dream, you may ask: “Who is shining so brightly?” Then the moon will say to you: “I am! O, let me inside! I come from the One, who is still awake, Who prays for you every night, Slumber sweetly!” If, in a dream, you may ask: “Who is making such a sweet sound?” Then a little bird will say to you: “I am, the nightingale! Of love and longing I sing lustily, Until your eyes see the morning – Slumber sweetly!”
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 Rudolf Löwenstein (1819 - 1891), "Ständchen"
This text was added to the website: 2022-07-01
Line count: 21
Word count: 131