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Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte, Streifte sich der goldne Ring Fingerab, in Wasserklüfte, Den ich jüngst von dir empfing. Also träumt ich. Morgenröte Blitzt' ins Auge durch den Baum, Sag, Poete, sag, Prophete! Was bedeutet dieser Traum?
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Confirmed with Goethes Poetische Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe Zweiter Band. West-östlicher Divan, Epen. Maximen und Reflexionen, Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, pages 89-90. The attribution to Willemer appears on page 868, with a question-mark.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Suleika", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- possibly by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860), "Suleika", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [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 Konrad Heubner (1860 - 1905), "Suleikas Traum", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte", 1888, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 41, Mainz, Schott
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Traumdeutung", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1839, note: the text consists of stanza 1 of "Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte" followed by the first two stanzas of "Dies zu deuten bin erbötig!"
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Catherine Beloin) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , 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: 38
When I was sailing on the Euphrates, the golden ring slid off my finger into the watery abyss - the ring that I received from you recently. Thus I dreamed. The red dawn blazed into my eyes down through the trees; tell me, poet, tell me, prophet! What does this dream mean?
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Translations of titles:
"Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte" = "When I was sailing on the Euphrates"
"Suleika" = "Suleika"
"Suleikas Traum" = "Suleika's Dream"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and possibly by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 51