In dreams | Not to think and not to ask

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

In Träumen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Nicht denken und nicht fragen,
wie lange er noch mein,
nur ihn im Herzen tragen,
ihm alles Liebe sagen,
und ganz voll Güte sein . . .

Confirmed with Albert Sergel, Jenseits der Straße. Gedichte und Stimmungen, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckmann & Wette), 1905, page 18.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "In Träumen", appears in Jenseits der Strasse: Gedichte und Stimmungen, in Hinter Dorn und Heckenrosen [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 Max Höhne ( flourished c1900 ), "In Träumen", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gesänge, no. 2, Leipzig: Edmund Stoll [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In dreams", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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In dreams

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Not to think and not to ask
how long he shall still be mine,
only to carry him in my heart,
to say everything that is loving to him,
and to be utterly full of kindness . . .

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "In Träumen", appears in Jenseits der Strasse: Gedichte und Stimmungen, in Hinter Dorn und Heckenrosen
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-12
Line count: 5
Word count: 39