Venus Mater

Träume, träume, du mein süßes Leben,
Von dem Himmel, der die Blumen bringt.
Blüten schimmern da, die [leben]1
Von dem Lied, das deine Mutter singt.

Träume, träume, Knospe meiner Sorgen,
Von dem Tage, da die Blume [sproß;]2
Von dem hellen Blütenmorgen,
Da dein Seelchen sich der Welt [erschloß.]3

Träume, träume, Blüte meiner Liebe,
Von der stillen, von der heilgen Nacht,
Da die Blume seiner Liebe
Diese Welt zum Himmel mir gemacht.

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¹ Pfitzner, Reger: "beben"
² Pfitzner: "sprießt"
³ Pfitzner: "erschließt"

Authorship

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863-1920) , "Venus Mater", from Aber die Liebe, in Die Verwandlungen der Venus

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Wolfgang Jordan , "Wiegenlied", published 1900 [voice and piano], from Träume. Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Berlin, Deneke
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869-1949) , "Venus mater", op. 11 no. 4 (1901).
by Max Reger (1873-1916) , "Träume, träume, du mein süßes Leben!", subtitle: "Wiegenlied", op. 51 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 3 (1900). [high voice and piano]
by Franz Salmhofer (1900-1975) , "Lied einer jungen Mutter", op. 5 no. 1, published 1923, from Vier Lieder, no. 1.
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "Wiegenlied", op. 41 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1899).

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dream, dream, my sweet life", copyright ©
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Venus Mater", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "Canción de cuna", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sogna, sogna, dolce mia vita", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Salvador Pila) , "Venus Mater", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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