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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
Translation Singable translation by H. Beverans

Muttertraum
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Die Mutter betet herzig und schaut 
  Entzückt auf den schlummernden Kleinen;
Er ruht in der Wiege so [sanft, so]1 traut,
  Ein Engel muß er ihr scheinen.

Sie küßt ihn und herzt ihn; sie hält sich kaum,
  Vergessen der irdischen Schmerzen;
Es schweift in der Zukunft ihr Hoffnungstraum;
  So träumen Mütter im Herzen.

Der Rab' indeß mit der Sippschaft sein
  Kreischt draußen am Fenster die Weise:
Dein Engel, dein Engel wird unser sein!
  Der Räuber dient uns zur Speise!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann •   F. Van der Stucken 

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Confirmed with Adelbert von Chamisso’s Werke, Dritter Band Gedichte, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1836, pages 185-186

1 Schumann, Van der Stucken: "sanft und"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), "Muttertraum", written 1832, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Nach dem Dänischen von Andersen, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Tyveknægten"
    • Go to the text page.

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

  • by Louis Samson , "Muttertraum", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. II. Reihe, Heft III, no. 5, Dresden, Arnold  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Muttertraum", op. 40 (Fünf Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 2 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen, Lose  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Muttertraum", op. 5 (Neun Gesänge) no. 6 (1879), published 1880, also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Somni d’una mare", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Droom van een moeder", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "A mother's dream", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rêve de mère", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

Moederdroom
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
De moeder bidt zoo hartlijk
En staart verrukt op den sluimrenden kleinen.
Hij rust in zijn wiegje zoo stil, zoo zoet:
Hij wordt een engel op aarde.

Zij kust hem, omarmt hem, zij heeft weldra
De smarten der aarde vergeten;
Zij zweeft in de toekomst, met vroomen droom
Zoo bidden harten der moeders!

De raaf terwijl met haar zwart gebroed
Krast buiten aan 't venster de wijze:
Dijn engel, dijn engel zal d'onze zijn!
Ons dient de roover ten spijze.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by H. Beverans  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), "Muttertraum", written 1832, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Nach dem Dänischen von Andersen, no. 2
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Tyveknægten"
    • Go to the text page.

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

  • by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Moederdroom", op. 5 (Neun Gesänge) no. 6, published 1880, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Hanne-Joost Peeters

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

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