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Wir träumten von einander Und sind davon erwacht, Wir leben, um uns zu lieben, Und sinken zurück in die Nacht. Du tratst aus meinem Traume, Aus deinem trat ich hervor, Wir sterben, wenn sich Eines Im Andern ganz verlor. Auf einer Lilie zittern Zwei Tropfen, rein und rund, Zerfließen in Eins und rollen Hinab in des Kelches Grund.
G. Bachlund sets stanza 3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel. Gesammt-Ausgabe stark vermehrt und verbessert, Stuttgart und Augsburg, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1857, page 136.
Text Authorship:
- by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Ich und Du", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ich und Du", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ich und Du", 2011, stanza 3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Kinder-lieder für Erwachsene, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Ich und Du ", op. 19 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Ich und Du", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Ich und Du", op. 11 (Drei Duette nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hebbel) no. 3 [ duet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Ich und Du", 1861 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Ich und Du", op. 16 (Fünf Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arnold Ebel (1883 - 1963), "Ich und du", op. 18 (Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kurt Erickson , "Ich und Du", first performed 2014 [ soprano and piano ], from Ich und Du , no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Wir träumten von einander", op. 21 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 2, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Ich und Du", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Ich und Du", op. 6 (Acht Duette für 2 Frauenstimmen und Pianofortebegleitung) no. 7, published 1884 [ vocal duet for female voices with piano ], Breslau. Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Ich und Du", op. 25 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach a. M.: Johann André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (1870 - 1949), "Ich und Du", op. 46 no. 3, published 1912, from Erotikon, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Ich und Du", op. 11 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Ich und Du", from 3 Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hebbel, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Steinbach (1855 - 1916), "Ich und du", op. 10 no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Erungen-Ersungen. Cyklus von Liedern und Gesängen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Ferdinand Thieriot (1838 - 1919), "Ich und Du ", op. 51 (Sieben Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I and you", copyright ©
- ENG English (Leon Malinofsky) , "You and I", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "I and You", written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Toi et moi", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58
We dreamed of each other and it awakened us; we live to love each other and drop back into the night. You stepped from my dream and I stepped from yours. We will die when one of us has become entirely lost in the other's. On a lily vibrate two drops, pure and round; they melt into one and roll down into the bottom of the chalice.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Ich und Du", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 68