by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793 - 1835)
Translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)

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.


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Mutter, o sing mich zur Ruh!
 (Sung text for setting by R. Franz)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Mutter, o sing mich zur Ruh
Wie noch in schöneren Stunden,
Sing meinem Herzen, dem wunden,
Tröstende Lieder sing du!

Drücke die Augen mir zu!
Blumen die Häupter jetzt neigen;
Trauernde rasten und schweigen,
Mutter, o sing mich zur Ruh!

Bette dein Vögelchen du!
Stürme, ach! haben's entfiedert;
Liebe, sie drückt unerwiedert;
Mutter, o sing mich zur Ruh!

Composition:

    Set to music by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Mutter, o sing mich zur Ruh!", op. 10 no. 3, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 59