In dreaming and singing | And up upon the waters and the woods

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by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

In Traum und Gesang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Und die Flut und den Wald
Und den Hügel hinan 
Eine süße Gewalt
   Rührt mich an.

Rührt mich an mit dem Ton, 
Der mir vormals klang.
Wann hört' ich ihn schon?
   Ist’s lang?

Ist's lang? -- Ich vergaß. --
Schallt heute wie eh',
Ton, drin ich genas
   Und vergeh.

Vergeh; denn er lallt 
Mir Erinnerung. --
Und bin ich’s? bin alt,
   Bin jung? 

Bin jung, wie der Wald,
Wie der Berg, wie der Baum,
Wie das Wasser, das wallt
   Im Traum:

In Traum und Gesang,
Der nicht endet und ruht,
Wald, Hügel und Hang,
   Und die Flut!

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Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, pages 375-376.

Text Authorship:

by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "In Traum und Gesang", written 1931, appears in Gedichte, in Die Weltlichen Gedichte, in Die Liederkreise, in Frühsommer in Saltocchio [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 Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878 - 1941), "In Traum und Gesang", op. 32 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 (1939) [ high voice and piano ], Wien, Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In dreaming and singing", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-25
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In dreaming and singing

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And up upon the waters and the woods
And the hill,
A sweet power
   Touches me.

Touches me with the tone
The sounded for me in the past.
When did I already hear it?
   Is it long ago?

Is it long ago? -- I forgot. --
It resounds today as of yore,
Tone in which I convalesced
   And in which I perish.

Perish; for it babbles
Memory for me. --
And is it I? Am I old,
   Am I young?

I am young like the woods,
Like the mountain, like the tree,
Like the water that surges
   In my dreams:

In dreams and in singing,
That does not end or rest,
Woods, hills, and slope,
   And the waters!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "In Traum und Gesang", written 1931, appears in Gedichte, in Die Weltlichen Gedichte, in Die Liederkreise, in Frühsommer in Saltocchio
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-05
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Word count: 115