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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Im Traum sah ich ein Männchen klein und...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Im Traum sah ich ein Männchen klein und putzig,
Das ging auf Stelzen, Schritte ellenweit,
Trug weiße Wäsche und ein feines Kleid,
Inwendig aber war es grob und schmutzig.
 
Inwendig war es jämmerlich, nichtsnutzig,
Jedoch von außen voller Würdigkeit;
Von der Courage sprach es lang und breit,
Und tat sogar recht trutzig und recht stutzig.
 
"Und weißt du, wer das ist? Komm her und schau!"
So sprach der Traumgott, und er zeigt' mir schlau
Die Bilderflut in eines Spiegels Rahmen.
 
Vor einem Altar stand das Männchen da,
Mein Lieb daneben, beide sprachen: "Ja!"
Und tausend Teufel riefen lachend: "Amen!"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Traumbilder, no. 4 [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 Bernhard Jestl (b. 1960), "Im Traum sah ich ein Männlein", 1986 [ tenor and chamber ensemble ], from Heine-Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-22
Line count: 14
Word count: 99

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