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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)

Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DAN DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE HEB ITA NOR RUS
Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben,
  Es hat ein Traum mich berückt;
Wie hätt' er doch unter allen
  Mich Arme erhöht und beglückt?

Mir war's, er habe gesprochen:
  Ich bin auf ewig dein --
Mir war's -- ich träume noch immer,
  Es kann ja nimmer so sein.

O laß im Traume mich sterben,
  Gewieget an seiner Brust,
Den [seligsten]1 Tod mich schlürfen
  In Thränen unendlicher Lust.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Neunzehnte Auflage (19th edition), Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1869, page 11.

Note: modernized spelling would change "Thränen" to "Tränen"
1 Austin, Wiseneder, and some editions of Schumann: "seligen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 3 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Adolf Ander , "Frauenliebe und Leben", op. 2 (>>1873) [ voice and piano ], Wien, C.A. Spina Hamburg, Aug. Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Elizabeth R. Austin (b. 1938), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", 1999 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -leben, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ihr Traum", op. 27 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1840 [ violoncello, voice, and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Mein", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lorenz Lehmann (1807 - 1852), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 34 no. 1, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder von A. von Chamisso, no. 1, Berlin, Stackebrandt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", op. 60 no. 3 (1836), from Frauenliebe, Liederkranz von Chamisso, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Erwählt", op. 104 (7 Gesänge und Lieder für Alt (oder Bassstimme) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 24ste Liedersammlung) no. 2, published 1835 [ alto or bass and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", op. 42 no. 3 (1840), published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -Leben, no. 3, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Emil Sulzbach (1885 - 1932), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 23 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Ich kann's nicht fassen ", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Caroline Wiseneder (1807 - 1868), "Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben", c1839-40 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DAN Danish (Dansk) (Maryanna Morthensen) , "Jeg kan ikke fatte det, ikke tro det", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Daniel Platt) , "I can't grasp it, nor believe it", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "I cannot, I dare not believe it", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Kyle Gee) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je ne peux le comprendre ni le croire", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Non posso capirlo, non posso crederlo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "Не могу постигнуть, не могу поверить", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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