Ich hab die Nacht geträumet

This German folk song, Ich hab die Nacht geträumet, explores the unsettling imagery of a dream. The text paints a scene of a rosemary tree growing in a graveyard garden, with its blooms falling away. The narrator gathers these fallen petals into a golden jug, which then shatters, revealing blood-red droplets. This dream leads to a poignant question about the fate of a loved one. The SATB arrangement allows the composer's setting of this evocative, sorrowful text to unfold with rich harmonies, giving voice to the deep unease and longing expressed in the original words.