by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by John Todhunter (1839 - 1916)
Mir träumte einst von wildem Liebesglühn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Mir träumte einst von wildem Liebesglühn, Von [hübschen]1 Locken, Myrten und Resede, Von süßen Lippen und von bittrer Rede, Von düstrer Lieder düstern Melodien. Verblichen und verweht sind längst die Träume, Verweht ist gar mein liebstes Traumgebild! Geblieben ist mir nur, was glutenwild Ich einst gegossen hab' in weiche [Reime]2. Du bliebst, verwaistes Lied! Verweh jetzt auch, Und such das Traumbild, das mir längst entschwunden, Und grüß es mir, wenn du es aufgefunden -- Dem luft'gen Schatten send' ich luft'gen Hauch.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, Sechsundfünfzigste Auflage (56th edition), Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1887, page 21.
1 Franz: "weichen"2 Franz: "Töne"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Traumbilder, no. 1 [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 Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Traumbild", op. 34 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1861?), published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (or Josef) Gänsbacher (1829 - 1911), "Traumbilder", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Mir träumte einst von wildem Liebesglüh'n", 1937, from Fünf Heine-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria (1859 - 1949), "Mir träumte einst von wildem Liebesglüh'n", op. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Traumbilder", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 81 (1944), from Zeven Heine-liederen, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Trück (1837 - 1886), "Mir träumte einst von wildem Liebesglüh'n", op. 9 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Adolf Wendt (1806 - 1850), "Mir träumte einst von wildem Liebesglüh'n", op. 2 (Lieder), Heft 2 no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Priamo Gallisay.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title, written 1856 ; composed by Pavel Semyonovich Makarov, Rudolf Ivanovich Mervolf, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Leonid Solomonivich Pervomaysky (1908 - 1973) ; composed by Myroslav Mykhaylovych Volynsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Todhunter) , appears in Heine's Book of Songs, first published 1907
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 83
Once did I dream of Love's wild‑glowing...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Once did I dream of Love's wild-glowing sighs, Of shining locks, myrtle and mignonette, Of sweet lips, bitter words, remembered yet, Of gloomy songs to gloomy melodies. Faded those dreams, blown by this long, long time, Blown far away that dearest Shape of Dreams! Alone is left me what in glowing streams I once poured forth in many a plaintive rhyme. Thou, orphaned Song, remain'st! Thou too blow by, And seek that Shape of Dreams, from me long vanished, And, found, greet it from me, as from one banished - That airy shade I send an airy sigh.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Todhunter (1839 - 1916), appears in Heine's Book of Songs, first published 1907 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Traumbilder, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 97