by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Wenn ich träumend irr' alleine
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn ich träumend irr' alleine Nahst Du mir gedankenschnell Wenn ich sehnend um dich weine Wird's vor meinem Blicke hell. O wie nahe meinem Herzen, O wie labend lächelst Du! Dann vergess' ich alle Schmerzen Eingewiegt in Fried' und Ruh'.
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- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874) [author's text not yet checked 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 Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), no title, 1827 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder an Meieli, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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