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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Ach, was bin ich aufgewacht?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Ach, was bin ich aufgewacht?
Ob am Haus die Liebste klopft?
Leise tönt es durch die Nacht --
  „Schlaf' nur ein,
  Schlaf' nur ein!
  Regen an die Scheiben [tropft]1.”

Warum klingt mir doch das Ohr?
Spricht von mir das falsche Kind,
Das mich aus dem Sinn verlor? --
  „Schlaf' nur ein,
  Schlaf' nur ein!
  Heerdenglocken rührt der Wind.”

Und sie sah im Traum mich an,
Und sie sprach: Du glaubst es kaum,
Was ich leide, süßer Mann! --
  „Schlaf' nur ein,
  Schlaf' nur ein!
  Schlaf' ihn aus, den falschen Traum!”

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Zemlinsky 

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von Paul Heyse. Erster Band. Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, 1872, pages 14-15.

1 Zemlinsky: "klopft"

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), "Schlaf' nur ein", appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Ach, was bin ich aufgewacht?", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Schlaf' nur ein", op. 37 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 7, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Schlaf' nur ein", op. 96 (Vier Gedichte für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Schlaf nur ein!", op. 22 no. 10 (1864), published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge von Paul Heyse, no. 10, Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Stephan Krehl (1864 - 1924), "Schlaf' nur ein", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Schlaf nur ein!", op. 5 (Acht Lieder), Heft 1 no. 1 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2020, (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: 18
Word count: 89

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