All But A Dream [German translation]

While you sleep a frequent nightmare had you startled

For now you think, Thank God it was just a nightmare

But it was very real and your heart rattled

Sometimes to awaken from a dream is frightful

Tis life that appears as a laborious ensteepened stair

When life is comprised of dreams and fancies rightful

Life then is a dream or nightmare beheld

To awaken from and think how could this be there

Pander it, roll over, go back to sleep, and pleasant dreams felt...

Could then the dream that you dream be then, the dream of a dream?