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

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Venus Mater

Rêve, rêve, toi ma douce vie
Du ciel qui apporte les fleurs.
Ici resplendissent les fleurs qui existent
De la chanson que chante ta mère.

Rêve, rêve, bourgeon de mes peines
Des jours où la fleur apparut,
Du clair matin fleuri
Où ta petite âme se révéla au monde.

Rêve, rêve, fleur de mon amour
De la silencieuse et sainte nuit,
Où la fleur de son amour
A transformé pour moi le monde en ciel.

Authorship

Translation from German to French copyright © 2010 by Pierre Mathé, pmathe (AT) neuf (DOT) fr, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder(s) when requesting permission to reprint and be sure to give proper credit.

a text in German by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863-1920) , "Venus Mater", from Aber die Liebe, in Die Verwandlungen der Venus CAT ENG ITA SPA

Text added to the website: 2010-03-29.