by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mir träumte: [traurig]1 [schaute]2 der Mond, Und traurig schienen die Sterne; Es trug mich zur Stadt, wo Liebchen wohnt, Viel hundert Meilen ferne. Es hat mich zu ihrem Hause geführt, Ich küßte die Steine der Treppe, Die oft ihr kleiner Fuß berührt Und ihres Kleides Schleppe. Die Nacht war lang, die Nacht war kalt, Es waren so kalt die Steine; Es [lugt']3 aus dem Fenster die blasse Gestalt, Beleuchtet vom Mondenscheine!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 128.
1 Seligmann: "schaurig"2 von Erlanger: "schien"
3 von Erlanger: "luch" ?
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 26 [author's text checked 2 times 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, "Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond", op. 27 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Sehnsucht II", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 2 (1902), published 1985? [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Mir träumte", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder nach Texten verschieder Dichter) no. 3 (1915) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig von Erlanger (b. 1862), "Mir träumte: traurig schien der Mond", op. 21 (Acht Gedichte von Heinrich Heine), Heft 2 no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "An Sie", alternate title: "Traumbild", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für Tenor oder Sopran) no. 6, published 1845 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Traumbild", op. 37 (Drei Lieder von Geibel und Heine) no. 3, published 1850 [ bass or baritone and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ihre Gestalt", op. 54 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1837 [ baritone or alto and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ihre Gestalt", op. 96 (Sängerfahrt : achtzehn Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3, note: same as op. 54 no. 3 but in a different key [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Mark , "Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Kassel, Kramer-Bangert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Seligmann , "Mir träumte, schaurig schaute der Mond", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oliver P. H. Smith , "Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Mir träumte", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 106 (1948), published 1972, from Elf Heine-liederen, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond", op. 9 (Träume : Drei Gedichte aus H. Heines Reisebildern) no. 1, published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 26 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Mir träumte: traurig schaute der Mond", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Bertram Luard-Selby.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Isayevich Veinberg (1831 - 1908) , no title ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by G. Grinevich (1900 - ?) ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'étais en rêve: la lune avait un regard triste", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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