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The Crown and the Key to the Vault
Friedrich Hebbel
Das Buch der Träume (1927) · Das Buch der Träume, original1927 anthology, numbered account298, printed page163
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Munich, July 6, 1837. During the night I dreamed: I saw old King Maximilian Joseph buried and King Ludwig crowned. Both took place in the burial vault, and funeral and coronation ceremonies mingled horribly: the funeral torches served for the torchlight procession at the coronation, and when King Ludwig put on the crown, King Maximilian nodded his head from his coffin. I was among the Crown officials; as we climbed up again, King Ludwig locked the vault and said to me, giving me the key: ‘Do not let him out, but do not let me in either!’
Original diary heading/group: 1837-07-06
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Die Krone und der Schlüssel zur Gruft
München, 6. Juli 1837. Über Nacht träumte mir: Ich sah den alten König Maximilian Joseph beerdigen und den König Ludwig krönen. Beides geschah im Grabgewölbe und Leichen- und Krönungsfeierlichkeiten spielten gräßlich ineinander: die Leichenfackeln dienten zum Fackelzug bei der Krönung und als der König Ludwig die Krone aufsetzte, nickte der König Maximilian aus seinem Sarg heraus mit dem Kopf. Ich war unter den Kronbeamten; als wir wieder heraufstiegen, verschloß der König Ludwig die Gruft und sagte zu mir, indem er mir den Schlüssel gab: „Laß den nicht heraus, aber mich laß auch nicht hinein!“
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Friedrich Hebbel, account reproduced in Ignaz Ježower (compiler), Das Buch der Träume (Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt, copyright1927), numbered account298, p.163. Original German; editorial title added.
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