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Ich wandle wie im Traume, Als wäre mein Aug' verhüllt, Und rings die Welt von düster- Dämmernder Nacht erfüllt. Die Menschen wallen vorüber Stumm und gestaltenlos, Die lauten Straßen ruhen Wie in des Todes Schooß. Die Welt scheint ganz erstorben, Versenkt in schwarzer Gruft, -- Doch weht es über die Gräber Weithin wie Rosenduft. Ich hör's in meinen Träumen Wie Nachtigallenschlag, Heimliche Weisen tönen Wohl über den ganzen Tag. Dein Auge nur glänzt ferne Und leuchtet durch meine Nacht, Wie eine blaue Blüte In dunklem Felsenschacht. Um meinen Nacken schlingt sich Ein [blütenweicher]1 Arm, Es ruht auf meinem Munde Ein Frühling jung und warm. Ich wandle wie im Traume, Als [wäre]2 mein Aug' verhüllt, -- Du hast mit deiner Liebe All' meine Welt erfüllt. Die Welt scheint ganz gestorben, Wir beide [nur ruhen allein]3, Von [Nachtigallen]4 umklungen Im blühenden Rosenhain . . .
A. Schoenberg sets stanzas 6-8
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Julius Hart, Triumph des Lebens, Florenz und Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1898, pages 156 - 157. Appears in Insel der Seligen.
1 Schoenberg: "blütenweißer"2 Schoenberg: "wär'"
3 Schoenberg: "nur allein"
4 Schoenberg: "Nachtigall'n"
Text Authorship:
- by Julius Hart (1859 - 1930), no title, appears in Triumph des Lebens, in Insel der Seligen [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 Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Traumleben", op. 8 (4 Lieder) no. 2 (1914), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Doblinger
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Traumleben", op. 6 (8 Lieder) no. 1 (1903-5), stanzas 6-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 146
[... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ...] About my neck is wound A bloom-white arm. It rests on my mouth A Spring young and warm. I wander as in a dream, As tho' my eyes were veiled. With your love you have Filled all my world. The world about us seems dead, Only we two alone, Serenaded by nightingales, In the blooming rose-grove.
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Note: this is a translation of Schoenberg's version.
Translation of title "Traumleben" - "Dream lives"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by John H. Campbell, (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) by Julius Hart (1859 - 1930), no title, appears in Triumph des Lebens, in Insel der Seligen
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 57