Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Jan 21 - 07:46 PM

(Lies direct the world, honesty rarely brings money,
Everyone wants to be a winner, whoever loses remains all alone;
But many a will is possible through the imagination
You die to live and you take to give;)
Once a year everything comes true
At Christmas don't forget
Make sure you don't forget it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: GUEST,Rick
Date: 16 Oct 14 - 12:18 AM

(Lüge dirigiert die Welt, Ehrlichkeit bringt selten Geld,
Jeder möcht' Sieger sein, wer verliert bleibt ganz allein;
Doch manch Will' ist möglich durch die Fantasie
Du stirbst um zu leben und nimmst um zu geben;)
Einmal im Jahr wird alles wahr
Zu Weihnacht vergiss nicht,
Vergiss es gewiss nicht.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: GUEST,Tim Vana
Date: 09 Nov 13 - 09:22 PM

Thanks to everyone for your help. This is an outstanding song that of course does not get anywhere near enough play. (Is anyone else bothered by the lack of imagination displayed by the programmers of stations that play Xmas music 24-7 during the season?)
Perry's German is actually pretty good when you consider he only did this specifically for this song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: GUEST,John Bysack
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 06:28 PM

The German part of the song sounds more rhythmic than the english part.

John
Calgary
Apr 24, 2009

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Jan 08 - 11:29 AM

Here's a version from youtube. I think it's pretty close. Perry is indeed singing the words right.

"Leute die regiern die Welt
Ehrlichkeit bringt selten geld.
Jeder mag sicher sein
Wird er jemals ganz allein
Doch was ist moeglich?
Lustigkeit sei Sieg.
Musiert zu leb
Zu Gib und zu Geb
Einmal im Jahr wird alles wahr
Zur Weihnacht vergiss nicht
Vergiss es gewiss nicht..."
The whole needs a Christmas tree

I've only studied German in school, and I must say that this doesn't make much sense to me. But listening to the words while reading this makes me feel that it's quite close.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Jan 08 - 11:22 AM

That's right, I was wrong. vergessen is to forget.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: Gulliver
Date: 03 Jan 08 - 01:07 PM

I just realized that instead of "zu schlafen" (to sleep) it might be "zu schaffen" ("to work", in the southern German dialects, or otherwise "to do"). "vergiss nicht" means "don't forget".

Don

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: Gulliver
Date: 03 Jan 08 - 12:56 PM

Yes, it's not easy to figure it out, and the pronunciation sounds mumbled (to my ears). Here's what I make of it:

(cannot hear the very beginning)... Jesus
Helligkeit bringt solch' genuss
Jedermann Sieger sein
Bleibt bei etwas ganz allein
Noch mal will ich Party
So viel Fantasie
Zu schlafen, zu leben, und diesmal, zu geben
Einmal im Jahr, wird alles wahr
Zu Weinacht' vergiss nicht, vergiss dies Gedicht' nicht
(then it goes into English)

Hope this helps, Don

ps if you need a translation let me know

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream (German part)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 03 Jan 08 - 12:12 PM

I gave it a try, but not much luck. For one thing, the sound engineer brought in the choir very softly, gradually raising the volume until you can almost hear them. The first words are very hard to hear. After a while Perry starts singing "german" over them, but I think he garbled it.

Y'all do realize that the choir is singing a couple lines in German then a couple in English, don't you?

I can make out just enough to show they are indeed singing German at times

zu Weihnacht - at Christmas
vergissen - forgive
zu leben - to love
zu geben - to give

I'm pretty sure a native speaker could figure it out if s/he has really good hearing.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream
From: Joe Offer
Date: 02 Jan 08 - 11:45 PM

There's an excerpt recording here (click) at Amazon, but it doesn't have anything of the German part. There's a video that plays the Perry Como recording here (click), but it's very hard to understand the singing of the boys' choir. Can anybody make out a phrase or two from the song?
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream
From: robomatic
Date: 02 Jan 08 - 11:27 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream
From: robomatic
Date: 31 Dec 07 - 10:15 PM

very nice, but Its not clear that the German words are a translation. They are sung as a boys' chorus.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream
From: Sorcha
Date: 30 Dec 07 - 09:05 PM

I know these aren't correct but this is what Babelfish did with it:
(We need Wolfgang here)Sorry, but I don't know where the line breaks go.

WEIHNACHTSTRAUM vom Film 1974 "die Odessa Akte" (Andrew Lloyd Weber/Tim Reis/deutsche Lyriken: André Heller) Perry Como U. Die London Junge Sänger Passen Sie mich jetzt, hier ich gehen, alle auf, die ich einen wenigen Schnee benötigte! Beginnt mich weg, stellt das Thema ein, hilft mir, meinen Weihnachtstraum, jeden Traum des Jahres I zu träumen es, ändert das Hoffen von von Sachen, ein Ende zum Schreien, das Schreien, das Sterben, und ich hoffe, daß Sie es auch träumen! Es Ist Weihnachten, Sich Erinnert? Wir haben sich zu erinnern! So beleuchten Sie das Licht, ich sind Hauptdiese Nacht, ich benötigen Sie, mich zu wärmen, um mich zu beruhigen, um mich zu lieben! Um mir zu helfen mein Weihnachten zu träumen träumen Sie! Verrückte Sachen, sagten ' getan, jeder einzelne Tag aber eins! Jede Nacht, ich derselbe glaube, bin, den Weihnachtsabend, Nächte alle leise sind, Tage ganz langsamer Abstieg, ein Ende zur Hast, die Geräusche und die Sorge sollten! Und ich hoffe, daß Sie dem auch glauben! Es Ist Weihnachten, Sich Erinnert? Erinnert sich niemand? Die ganze Welt benötigt, ein Weihnachtstraum, wir benötigt ihn, uns zu wärmen, um uns zu beruhigen, um uns zu lieben. . . Um zu helfen träumen wir unser Weihnachten zu träumen! "Einmal im Jahr wird alles weiss Zur Weihnacht äh küsst mich, äh gibt es, äh liebt mich".... (Rest der deutschen noch vermissenden Lyriken) Die ganze Welt benötigt, ein Weihnachtstraum, wir benötigt ihn, uns zu wärmen, um uns zu beruhigen, um uns zu lieben. . . Wir benötigen sie, uns zu wärmen, um uns zu beruhigen, um uns zu lieben. . . Wir benötigen sie, uns zu wärmen, um uns zu beruhigen, um uns zu lieben. . . Um zu helfen träumen wir unser Weihnachten zu träumen!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Christmas Dream
From: robomatic
Date: 30 Dec 07 - 08:33 PM

re-post

Subject: ADD: Christmas Dream
From: robomatic
Date: 28 Dec 07 - 03:00 PM

A couple days late, but I'd rather ask about this Christmas song now than wait another 11 months. It's a song made for a movie: "The Odessa File" and sung by Perry Como. I am not taken much with Christmas carols, but I was taken by this, an early collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, it occurs during the opening scenes of the movie where the main character, Jon Voight, is driving to a meeting.

Briefly, I am after the German lyrics if it is proper to have them printed. The English lyric is available on the net and goes like this:
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Christmas Dream
from the original 1974 Columbia Pictures film
soundtrack "The Odessa File"
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
and lyrics by and Tim Rice
with German lyrics by André Heller

Watch me now, here I go, all I need's a little snow!
Starts me off, sets the theme,
helps me dream my Christmas dream,
Every year I dream it, hoping things will change,
An end to the crying, the shouting, the dying,
And I hope you will dream it too!
It's Christmas,
Remember?
We've got to remember!

So, light the light, I'm home tonight,
I need you to warm me, to calm me, to love me!
To help me to dream my Christmas dream!

Crazy things, said an' done,
Every single day but one!
Every night should, I believe,
Be the same as Christmas Eve,
Nights should all be silent,
Days should all slow down,
An end to the hurry, the noise and the worry!
And I hope you believe that too!
It's Christmas,
Remember?
Does no one remember?

The whole world needs, a Christmas dream,
We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .
To help us to dream our Christmas dream!

( excluding German lyrics )

The whole world needs, a Christmas dream,
We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .
We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .
We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .
To help us to dream our Christmas dream!

from the original 1974 Columbia Pictures film
soundtrack "The Odessa File"
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
and lyrics by and Tim Rice
with German lyrics by André Heller
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