Nicht im Schlafe hab' ich das geträumt,
Hell am Tage sah ich's schön vor mir:
Eine Wiese voller Margeritten;
Tief ein weißes Haus in grünen Büschen;
Götterbilder leuchten aus dem Laube.
Und ich geh' mit Einer, die mich lieb hat,
Ruhigen Gemütes in die Kühle
Dieses weißen Hauses, in den Frieden,
Der voll Schönheit wartet, daß wir kommen.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• M. Reger M. Reger sets lines 3-9
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (b. 1963), "Freundliche Vision", op. 1 no. 1 (1979) [ baritone and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Freundliche Vision", op. 66 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 2 (1902), lines 3-9 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Freundliche Vision", op. 48 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Otto Julius Bierbaum und Karl Henckell) no. 1 (1900), published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Visió plaent", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heerlijk visioen", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "A pleasant vision", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) , "A welcome vision"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Agréable vision", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Hamutal Atariah) , "חזיון", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Visione amica", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "好ましい幻影", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 58
I did not dream this while asleep;
I saw it fair before me in the light of day:
A meadow full of daisies,
a white house deep in green bushes,
images of gods gleaming from the leaves.
And I walk with one who loves me,
in a peaceful mood in the coolness
of this white house, in which peace
awaits our arrival, full of beauty.