Schlafen, Schlafen...

Schlafen, Schlafen, nichts als Schlafen!
  Kein Erwachen, [keinen Traum!]1
Jener Wehen, die mich trafen,
  Leisestes Erinnern kaum,
Daß ich, wenn des Lebens Fülle
  Niederklingt in meine Ruh',
Nur noch tiefer mich verhülle,
  Fester zu die Augen tu!

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¹ Schoeck: "kein Traum"

Input by Jakob Kellner

Authorship

by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863) , "Schlafen, Schlafen..."

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885-1935) , "Dem Schmerz sein Recht", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 (1910).
by Michael Brough (1960-) , "Schlafen, schlafen", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 21 (1992-2004). [voice and piano]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Schlafen, Schlafen, nichts als Schlafen", op. 14 no. 4 (1907).
by Adam Taylor (1981-) , "Schlafen, Schlafen", op. 28 no. 3 (2003) [SSAA chorus a cappella], from Four Songs of Calm, no. 3.
by Anna Teichmüller (1861-1940) , "Schlafen, Schlafen", op. 24 no. 5, published 1910.
by Richard Trunk (1879-1968) , "Schlafen, Schlafen", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3.

ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "To sleep, to sleep, nothing but to sleep!", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , title unknown, copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "À la douleur son dû", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dormire, dormire, null'altro che dormire", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Dormire, dormire, null'altro che dormire

Dormire, dormire, null'altro che dormire!
Non risveglio, non sogni!
Di ogni pena, che mi ha colpito,
non il più piccolo ricordo.
Così, quando la piena della vita
mi sommerge a turbare la mia pace,
io ancora più a fondo mi nascondo,
e gli occhi serro ancora più forte!

Authorship

Translation from German to Italian copyright © 2010 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, f (DOT) albeggiani (AT) gmail (DOT) com, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder(s) when requesting permission to reprint and be sure to give proper credit.

a text in German by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863) , "Schlafen, Schlafen..." NOR ENG FRE

Text added to the website: 2010-03-24.