Llum en somnis | En un somni una llum

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Traumlicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Ein Licht im Traum 
Hat mich besucht, 
Es nahte kaum, 
[Und nahm]¹ die Flucht.

Der Blick ist tief
Hier eingesenkt,
Den, als ich schlief,
Du mir geschenkt.

Hell dämmert mild 
Am Tage wach,
O Nachtgebild,
Dein Glanz mir nach.

Komm oft, O Stern,
In meiner Ruh!
Dir schließ' ich gern
Die Augen zu.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Loewe

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert, Gesammelte Gedichte, Sechster Band, Erlangen: Carl Heyder, 1838, page 381. Appears in Haus- und Jahrslieder.

¹ Loewe: "da nahm's"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Traumlicht", appears in Haus- und Jahrslieder [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Traumlicht", 1842 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Traumlicht", AV. 123 no. 2 (1935) [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Männerchöre nach Gedichten von Friedrich Rückert, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Llum en somnis", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dream light", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lumière en rêve", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John H. Campbell , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 54

Llum en somnis

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

En un somni una llum
m’ha vingut a veure,
a penes s’apropà
i va fugir.

L’esguard s’ha enfonsat
aquí profundament,
el que, mentre dormia
tu m’has donat.

Clar i benigne llostreja
al despertar del dia,
oh imatge nocturna,
el teu esclat cap a mi.

Vine sovint, oh estel,
en el meu repòs!
Per tu tanco de grat
els meus ulls.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Traumlicht", appears in Haus- und Jahrslieder
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 60