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by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Ein Traum, ein Traum ist unser Leben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ITA

Ein Traum, ein Traum ist unser Leben
auf Erden hier.
Wie Schatten auf den Wogen schweben
und schwinden wir.
Und messen unsre trägen [Tritte]¹
nach Raum und Zeit.
Und sind - [und]² wissen's nicht - in [Mitte
der]³ Ewigkeit.

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• C. Swienty • H. Zilcher

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¹ Swienty, Zilcher: "Schritte"
² Zilcher: "wir"
³ omitted by Swienty.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) [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 Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Ein Traum", 1980, copyright © 1984 [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Heide-Skizzen, no. 1, Robitschek, AR 8551 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Pepping (1901 - 1981), "Unser Leben", 1946, published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Haus- und Trostbuch, no. 32 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Claus Swienty , "Ein Traum" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Ein Traum ist unser Leben", 1956 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Ein Traum ist unser Leben", op. 109 no. 3 [ 2 voices, 2 harmonicas ], from Fünf Duette für zwei Singstimmen und zwei Mundharmonikas in C, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Our life is but a dream, and dreaming", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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Sogno, soltanto sogno è l'esistenza

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Sogno, soltanto sogno è l'esistenza
Su questa terra.
Ombra su schiuma d'onda è la nostra essenza
Che si dilegua.
E misuriamo a passi stanchi e lenti
Lo spazio e il tempo.
E non sappiamo di essere solo momenti
Nel mezzo dell'eterno.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)
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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-05
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Word count: 41