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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! Herdenglocken 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!»
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Zemlinsky: "klopft"
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 verified ]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Schlaf' nur ein", op. 37 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 7, published 1878 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Schuberth [ sung text not verified ]
- 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 verified ]
- 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 verified ]
- 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 verified ]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Schlaf nur ein!", op. 5 (Acht Lieder), Heft 1 no. 1 (1896). [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Go to sleep!", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 87
Ah, what has awoken me? Is it my sweetheart knocking? Softly it sounds through the night! "Go to sleep, just go to sleep! It is raindrops knocking at the window-pane." Why do I hear ringing in my ears? Is that false girl talking about me, she who thrust me out of her mind? "Go to sleep, just go to sleep! Cowbells are chiming from the wind." And she looked at me in the dream, and she said: You hardly believe what I suffer, sweet man! "Go to sleep, just go to sleep! Sleep it away - that false dream!"
Authorship
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), "Schlaf nur ein", appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 99