Minä uneksin | Minä uneksin

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Milla Valkeasuo

Es träumte mir

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA

Es träumte mir,
Ich sei dir teuer;
Doch zu erwachen
Bedurft' [ich]¹ kaum.
Denn [ach]² im Traume
Bereits empfand ich,
Es sei ein Traum.

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• J. Brahms • G. Jenner

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¹ Jenner: "es"
² Brahms: "schon"

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1854 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Spanisch", op. 17 (Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 8, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Es träumte mir", op. 57 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3 (<<1871), published 1872, first performed 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Es träumte mir, ich sei dir theuer", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I dreamed", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , "Minä uneksin", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'ai rêvé", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mi accadde di sognare", copyright © 2008, (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: 7
Word count: 26

Minä uneksin

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the German (Deutsch)

Minä uneksin
olevani tärkeä sinulle;
mutta herätä
tuskin uskalsin.
Jo unessa
minä jo tajusin
että se vain oli unta.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1854
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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-12
Line count: 7
Word count: 19