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by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich hab' mir ein Märchen erdacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich hab' mir ein Märchen erdacht
Aus einem einzigen Blick
Und eine einzige Nacht
Verwehte all mein Glück . . . 

[Ich träumte den seligsten]¹ Traum
Von Liebe, die nimmer vergeht . . .
Ein Hauch -- ich fühlte ihn kaum --
Da war er schon verweht.

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• P. Hoppe

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Confirmed with Dämmerung. Gedichte von Maidy Koch, Dresden und Leipzig: E. Pierson's Verlag, 1900, page 12.

¹ Hoppe: "Mir träumte der seligste"

Text Authorship:

by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch, no title, appears in Dämmerung [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 Paul Hoppe (1869 - 1933), "Ich hab' mir ein Märchen erdacht", op. 60 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Luckhardt's Musik-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

I thought up a fairy‑tale for myself

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I thought up a fairy-tale for myself
From a single glance
And a single night
Destroyed all my happiness . . .

I dreamt the most blissful dream
Of love, that never dies . . .
A breath -- I hardly felt it --
And the dream was already dispelled.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch, no title, appears in Dämmerung
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 48