Muttertraum
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)
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!
Translation(s): DUT DUT ENG FRE
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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"
Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator] and Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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- 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 verified ]
- 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 verified 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 verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - 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
Text added to the website: 2003-11-13T00:00:00.
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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.
Submitted by Hanne-Joost Peeters
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Text added to the website: 2009-02-14T00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-06-16T10:03:07
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