by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793 - 1835)
Translation by Karl May
Mother! oh, sing me to rest
Language: English
Mother! oh, sing me to rest
As in my bright days departed:
Sing to thy child, the sick-hearted,
Songs for a spirit oppress'd.
Lay this tired head on thy breast!
Flowers from the night-dew are closing,
Pilgrims and mourners reposing:
Mother! oh, sing me to rest!
Take back thy bird to its nest!
Weary is young life when blighted,
Heavy this love unrequited;
— Mother, oh! sing me to rest!
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Confirmed with Poems of Felicia Hemans in a Collection of Peninsular Melodies 1830, compiled by Peter J. Bolton, Messrs. Goulding and d'Almaine, 1872.
Text Authorship:
- by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793 - 1835), "Mother! oh, sing me to rest", subtitle: "A Cancion", appears in Peninsular Melodies, no. 1, first published 1830? [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Emma Dahl (1819 - 1896), "Mother o sing me to rest", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Songs, no. 2, San Francisco : M. Gray, also set in German (Deutsch)
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Mother ! oh, sing me to rest", op. 14 no. 3, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917) ; composed by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876) ; composed by Louis Ehlert, Gustav Flügel, Ernst Paul Flügel, Robert Franz, Fanny Hensel, Eugen Hildach, Ferdinand von Hiller, Adolf Jensen, Arno Kleffel.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ernst Viktor Schellenberg (1827 - 1896) ; composed by Vinzenz Lachner.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl May ; composed by Emma Dahl, Anton Kappeller.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) [an adaptation] ; composed by Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title, first published 1855 ; composed by Boris Vladimirovich Podgoretsky, Pyotr Andreyevich Shchurovsky, Vladimir Timofeyevich Sokolov, Konstantin Nikolayevich Startsev, Sergey Aleksandrovich Zaitsev.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Ó matko, upěj mne v klid!"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-11-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 70
Mutter, o sing' mich zur Ruh!
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Mutter, o sing' mich zur Ruh'! Sing' von den Tagen der Wonnen, Sing' ob dem Traum, der zerronnen, Tröstende Lieder mir zu! Decke, o decke mich zu! Träumend schon wiegt sich die Ranke, Pilger schlummern und Kranke – Mutter, [o sing' mich zur Ruh']1! Heim in dein Nestchen mich thu'! Bin um die Jugend betrogen, Liebe, sie hat mir gelogen – Mutter, [o sing' mich zur Ruh']2!
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2 Kappeller: "heim in dein Nestchen mich tu"
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
Confirmed with Karl May, Das Buch der Liebe, Dresden, 1875.
1 Kappeller: "decke, o decke mich zu"2 Kappeller: "heim in dein Nestchen mich tu"
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in English by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793 - 1835), "Mother! oh, sing me to rest", subtitle: "A Cancion", appears in Peninsular Melodies, no. 1, first published 1830?
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Emma Dahl (1819 - 1896), "Mutter, o sing' mich zur Ruh!", op. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Songs, no. 2, San Francisco : M. Gray, also set in English
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Anton Kappeller (1802 - 1877), "Mutter, o sing' mich zur Ruh!", published 1871 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für eine mittlere Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2024-07-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 69