Dream, dream, my sweet life

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Träume, träume, du mein süßes Leben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT DUT ENG FRE FRI HEB ITA SPA

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

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

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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Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Venus Mater", appears in Aber die Liebe, in Die Verwandlungen der Venus [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

Dream, dream, my sweet life

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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Dream, dream, my sweet life,
of the heaven that brings flowers.
Shimmering there are blossoms that live on
the song that your mother is singing.

Dream, dream, bud of my worries,
of the day the flower bloomed;
of the bright morning of blossoming,
when your little soul opened up to the world.

Dream, dream, blossom of my love,
of the quiet, of the holy night
when the flower of his love
made this world a heaven for me.

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Translation of title "Wiegenlied" = "Lullaby"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Venus Mater", appears in Aber die Liebe, in Die Verwandlungen der Venus
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79