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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)
Translation by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882)

Álmodom‑e?
Language: Hungarian (Magyar) 
Álmodom-e?
Vagy látok igazán?
S akit látok,
Tündér-e vagy leány?

Akár leány,
Akár tündér lenne,
Mit bánnám én,
Csak belém szeretne!

Text Authorship:

  • by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "Álmodom-e?", written 1844 [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):

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882) , "Träum' ich, oder wach' ich?", appears in Dichtungen von Alexander Petőfi, in Volkslieder, no. 11, first published 1858 ; composed by Louis Samson.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 21

Träum' ich, oder wach' ich
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hungarian (Magyar) 
Träum' ich, oder wach' ich?
Und was ich dort seh',
Ist's ein sterblich Mädchen
Oder eine Fee?

Ach, ob Fee, ob Mädchen,
Quält mich gar nicht sehr,
Wenn sie mich nur liebte,
Wünscht' ich gar nichts mehr!

Confirmed with Karl Maria Kertbeny, Dichtungen von Alexander Petöfi, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1858. Appears in Volkslieder, page 17.


Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882), "Träum' ich, oder wach' ich?", appears in Dichtungen von Alexander Petőfi, in Volkslieder, no. 11, first published 1858 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "Álmodom-e?", written 1844
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Louis Samson , "Träum' ich, oder wach' ich", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. I. Reihe, Heft V, no. 5, Dresden, Arnold  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

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