Noch kaum erwacht [von]1 Träumen, --
Das Träumen kam von dir,--
Geh ich hier unter Bäumen,
Dein Bild geht neben mir.
Die Bäume dunkel schatten
Und wölben sich zum Dach;
Ein seliges Ermatten
Schleicht hier dem [Wandler]2 nach.
Wie neue Traumesdecke
Zieht's nun sich sanft um mich,
Und, wenn ich leis erschrecke,
So sprang ein Lied auf dich.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• J. Lang View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with the two manuscript copies of this unpublished poem: one in Marbach (Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Z 2704, poem [41.], Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany) and one in Stuttgart (Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Cod.hist. 4º 437, Fasz. 10a Nr. 1, poem [32], Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Germany).
Poet's title (in the Stuttgart manuscript): "Traumleben"
Poet's title (in the Marbach manuscript): [none] just the date, 17. Juni [1840]
1 Lang: "vom"
2 Lang: "Wandrer"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dream life", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 59
When I have barely awakened from [dreams]1 --
The dreaming came from you --
I wander under the trees here,
Your image walks beside me.
The trees cast dark shadows
And arch themselves to a vault;
A blessed fatigue
Creeps after the wanderer here.
A new canopy of dreams
Gently wafts about me,
And when I am quietly startled,
A poem in your honour is born.
