In dreams you are near me | In dreams you are near me

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by Tor Hedberg (1862 - 1931)

Translation © by Anna Hersey

I drömmen du är mig nära

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: ENG FRE

I drömmen du är mig nära,
jag nämner hänryckt ditt namn.
Jag sluter dig ömt, du kära
ut i min längtande famn.

Av stormande fröjd betagen
jag känner mig då ha makt
att säga dig allt, som dagen
i tystnadens bojor lagt.

Min innersta tanke jag röjer,
jag ser i ditt öga in;
din barm invid min sig höjer,
jag söker din mun med min.

O skall, förrän livet förrunnit,
den saliga stund ej slå,
skall högsta lycka, jag funnit,
mig endast i drömmen nå?

Text Authorship:

by Tor Hedberg (1862 - 1931) [author's text not yet checked 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 (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "I drömmen du är mig nära", 1890 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Anna Hersey) , "In dreams you are near me", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "En rêve tu es près de moi", copyright © 2018, (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.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

In dreams you are near me

Language: English after the Swedish (Svenska)

In dreams you are near me,
I call your name in rapture.
I enclose you tenderly, beloved,
in my longing lap.

Overcome with stormy delight
there I have the power
to tell you everything, as the day
lies shackled in the silence.

I reveal the thoughts of my heart,
I look into your eyes;
your breast rises to mine,
I search for your mouth with mine.

Shall I, before life fades away,
not experience that sacred moment,
shall I find that highest bliss, 
or attain it only in dreams?

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Tor Hedberg (1862 - 1931)
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 89