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Liegt nun so still die weite Welt, Die Nacht geht schwebend durch das Feld, Der Mond lugt durch die Bäume. Da steigts herauf aus tiefem Grund, Da flüsterts rings mit süßem Mund, Die Träume sind's, die Träume. Sie tragen Mohn im goldnen Haar Und singend dreht sich Paar um Paar In [wundersamen]1 Reigen -- Nur einer steht so ernst [bei Seit']2, In seinen Augen wohnt das Leid, Auf seiner Stirn das Schweigen. O Traum, der meine Nächte füllt, Der meinen Tag in Thränen hüllt, Willkommen doch, willkommen! Du bist's allein, der Treue hält, Da alles Andre mir die Welt [Genommen hat, genommen]3.
Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, pages 100-101.
1 some editions have "wundersamem"2 some editions have " beiseit' "
3 Reger: "Genommen hat: Willkommen,/ willkommen, mein schöner Traum!"
Text Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Mein Traum", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 19 [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Mein Traum", op. 72 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Mein Traum", op. 31 (Sechs Gedichte von Anna Ritter) no. 5 (1898) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El meu somni", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My dream", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mon rêve", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 101
Le vaste monde s'étale maintenant bien silencieux, La nuit avance dans les champs en flottant, La lune guette à travers les arbres. Alors ils montent d'un profond abîme, Alors leurs douces bouches chuchotent tout autour, Ce sont les rêves, les rêves. Ils portent un pavot dans leurs cheveux d'or, Et en chantant ils tournent, couple après couple, Dans une merveilleuse ronde -- Un seul reste de côté, bien sérieux, Dans ses yeux habite la souffrance, Et sur son front le mutisme. Ô rêve, qui remplit mes nuits, Qui enveloppe mes jours de larmes, Alors pourtant bienvenue, bienvenue ! Tu es le seul à rester fidèle, Quand par le monde tout le reste [Me fut pris, pris]1.
1 Reger: "Me fut pris : bienvenue,/ Bienvenu, mon beau rêve!"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Mein Traum", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 19
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 114