A dream | A dream that I carry about while awake

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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ein Traum, den ich im Wachen trage

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ein Traum, den ich im Wachen trage, 
Den du mir gabst, sind diese Tage.

Es ging was war und ging was wird.
Du hast mich aus der Welt geführt,
Daß ich nach keinem Heimwag frage.

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Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Verlag Strecker und Schröder, 1919, page 12.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Der Tag der Liebe [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 Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "Ein Traum", op. 44 no. 2, published 1965, first performed 1942 [ baritone and piano ], from Kleiner Liederkreis, no. 2, Schwäbisch-Hall: Musikverlag Schwäbisch-Hall [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A dream", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-15
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A dream

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A dream that I carry about while awake,
[A dream] that you gave me, that's what these days are.

What was has gone and what shall be has gone.
You have led me out of the world,
So that I ask for no way home.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Der Tag der Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-16
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Word count: 45