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by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Translation Singable translation by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982) and by Lydia Perera

Im Arm der Liebe schliefen wir selig ein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CAT ENG FIN FRE ITA POR
Im Arm der Liebe schliefen wir selig ein,
Am offnen Fenster lauschte der Sommerwind,
Und unsrer Atemzüge Frieden 
Trug er hinaus in die helle Mondnacht. --

Und aus dem Garten tastete zagend sich 
Ein Rosenduft an unserer Liebe Bett
Und gab uns wundervolle Träume,
Träume des Rausches -- so reich an Sehnsucht!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), no title, appears in Meine Verse 1883-1904 [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Liebesode", 1909 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Nocturnes, no. 2, note: the original version was lost, but a 1911 version still survives [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Liebesode", 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben frühe Lieder, no. 6, from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 59 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Roland Bocquet (b. 1878), "Liebesode", op. 35 (4 Lieder) no. 1 (1913) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Ebert (1889 - 1952), "Liebesode", op. 22 no. 5, published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Deutscher Liederkreis für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Clemens von Franckenstein (1875 - 1942), "Liebesode", op. 46 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Selige Nacht", 1912, published 1915 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], in Lieder und Gesänge, III. Folge, Nr.9 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "In Arm der Liebe", op. 48 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3 (1900), published 1900 [ medium voice and piano ], München, Aibl Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Liebes-Ode", op. 54 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bernhard Stavenhagen (1862 - 1914), "Im Arm der Liebe schliefen wir selig ein", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], München, Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Liebesode", op. 27 (1920) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Liebesode", 1935-36 [ alto and string quartet ], from Drei Gesänge für Altstimme und Streichquartett, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Oda d'amor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Vally Weigl, née Pick) (Lydia Perera) , "Ode of Love"
  • ENG English [singable] (M. W. Pursey) , "Blissful night"
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Oodi rakkaudelle", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ode d'amore", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Ode ao Amor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

Ode of Love
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
In love's embracing blissful we fell asleep.
At open window listened the summer wind,
And our peaceful breathing's calmness took he
Along through the quiet moonnight.
 
And from the garden timidly groping came
A rose smell to our love's repose
And gave us dreams of sweetest beauty,
Dreams of enchantment, so full of longing!

From the manuscript of Weigl's song cycle.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982), "Ode of Love" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • Singable translation by Lydia Perera , "Ode of Love" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), no title, appears in Meine Verse 1883-1904
    • Go to the text page.

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 page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 54

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