Ich hab die Nacht geträumet

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EnglishI dreamed last night
Textby August Zarnack
LanguageGerman
Published1820 (1820)
"Ich hab die Nacht geträumet"
Folk song
From Deutscher Liederhort (1893), p. 618
EnglishI dreamed last night
Textby August Zarnack
LanguageGerman
Published1820 (1820)

"Ich hab die Nacht geträumet" (I dreamed last night) is a German folk song. It is a melancholic song that tells of a disturbing dream foreshadowing death – a rosemary tree in the garden, falling leaves, and a jar broken to pieces and bleeding a red liquid. In Northern Germany, rosemary was planted in graveyards, and mourners at funerals would sometimes wear rosemary stalks.

It is unknown when the song was first popularized, but the melody was first written and published in 1777 by Friedrich Nicolai in Eyn feyner kleyner Almanach with the text of "Es wollt ein Jäger jagen" (A hunter wanted to go hunting).[1] Other versions using the same melody but different lyrics included "Das Laub fällt von den Bäumen" (The leaves fall from the trees) by Siegfried August Mahlmann in 1804/1805,[2] "Schöne Kinder lieben" (Beautiful children love), and "Zu Koblenz auf der Brücken" (In Koblenz on the bridge).

The best-known and most widely used lyrics to the melody were written by German preacher and collector of folk songs August Zarnack.[2][3] Zarnack's version was originally published under the title "Der schwere Traum" (The heavy dream), and appeared in Zarnack's 1820 book which was a collection of German folk songs intended for primary schools.[4][5] Zarnack's textbook sold well, and in the 1840s and onwards, "Ich hab die Nacht geträumet" was increasingly included in other music workbooks as well for schools and choirs.[2]

Lyrics

Ich hab die Nacht geträumet
wohl einen schweren Traum,
es wuchs in meinem Garten
ein Rosmarienbaum.

Ein Kirchhof war der Garten
ein Blumenbeet das Grab,
und von dem grünen Baume
fiel Kron und Blüte ab.

Die Blüten tät ich sammeln
in einen goldnen Krug,
der fiel mir aus den Händen,
dass er in Stücken schlug.

Draus sah ich Perlen rinnen
und Tröpflein rosenrot:
Was mag der Traum bedeuten?
Ach Liebster, bist Du tot?

I had a dream last night,
It was such a worrisome dream,
There was growing in my garden,
A rosemary tree.

A graveyard was the garden,
A flowerbed the grave
And from the green tree
The crown and flower fell.

The blossoms I gathered
in a golden jar,
It fell out of my hands,
And smashed to pieces.

Out of it I saw pearls trickling
And droplets rose-red
What could the dream mean?
Oh, my love, are you dead?

Melody

% https://www.liederlexikon.de/lieder/ich_hab_die_nacht_getraeumet/editionb (Männerchor 1888) % Deutscher Liederkranz. Eine reichhaltige Sammlung älterer und neuerer vierstimmiger Männerchöre. Hrsg. von G. Zanger. Dritte vermehrte Auflage. Op. 8. Berlin und Leipzig: Heuser's Verlag (Louis Heuser) 1888, S. 283 (Nr. 124). \header { tagline = ##f } \paper { #(set-paper-size "a4") } \layout { indent = 0 \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } } global = { \key a \minor \time 6/8 \partial 8 \autoBeamOff } soprano = \relative c' { \global e8 | a4\< b8 c8.\! ([b16]) a8 | e'4.\< b4\! \breathe d8 | c8.\< ([b16]) a8\! gis4 a8 | b4.\>~ b4\! \breathe b8 | e4 e8 c8. ([b16]) a8 | a'4.\sf\> f4\! \breathe d8 | c8. ([b16])^"dim." a8 b ([a]) gis | a4.~ a8 r \bar "|." } alto = \relative c' { \global e8 | e4 gis8 a8. ([gis16]) a8 | gis4. gis4 b8 | a8. ([gis16]) a8 gis4 fis8 | g4.~ g4 g8 | a4 a8 a8. ([gis16]) a8 | c4. d4 b8 | a4 a8 f4 e8 | e4.~ e8 r \bar "|." } tenor = \relative c { \global e8 | e4 e8 e4 e8 | e4. e4 e8 | e4 e8 e4 e8 | e4.~ e4 e8 | e4 e8 e4 a8 | a4. a4 f8 | e4 f8 d4 e8 | c4.~ c8 r \bar "|." } bass = \relative c { \global e8 | c4 b8 a4c8 | e4. e4 gis,8 | a8. ([b16]) c8 e4 e8 | e4.~ e4 d8 | c4 c8 a4 a'8 | f4. d4 d8 | e4 f8 d4 e8 | a,4.~ a8 r \bar "|." } verse = \lyricmode { Ich hab die Nacht ge -- träu -- met wohl ei -- nen schwe -- ren Traum, es wuchs in mei -- nem Gar -- ten ein Ros -- ma -- ri -- en -- baum. } \score { \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff \with { \consists "Merge_rests_engraver" midiInstrument = "flute" } << \new Voice = "soprano" { \voiceOne \soprano } \new Voice = "alto" { \voiceTwo \alto } >> \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #CENTER } \lyricsto "soprano" \verse \new Staff \with { \consists "Merge_rests_engraver" midiInstrument = "clarinet" } << \clef bass \new Voice = "tenor" { \voiceOne \tenor } \new Voice = "bass" { \voiceTwo \bass } >> >> \layout { } \midi { \tempo 4=75 } }

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