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 net ! Weary is young life when blighted, Heavy this love unrequited! Mother, oh ! sing me to rest!
Authorship
- by Felicia Dorothea (Browne) Hemans (1793 - 1835), "Mother! oh, sing me to rest", 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)
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876) ; composed by Gustav Flügel, Ernst Paul Flügel, Robert Franz, Eugen Hildach, Adolf Jensen, Anton Kappeller, Arno Kleffel.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Ó matko, upěj mne v klid!"
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov) , no title, first published 1855
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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Ó matko, upěj mne v klid jak v minulé, krásné době, nech srdci mému, jež v mdlobě, k útěše píseň svou znít! Nech skráň mi na srdci dlít, i květiny noční klid jímá, je poutník, je truchliv, kdo dřímá, ó matko, upěj mne v klid! Hleď ptáka v hnízdo své skrýt! Bouře mé schvátily žití, jak láska tlačí, hruď cítí, ó matko, uspi mne v klid!
Confirmed with Moderní básníci angličtí (1700—1800), translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický, Praha : Jos. R. Vilímek, vyd. okolo 1900, pages 225-226.
Authorship
- by Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853 - 1912), "Ó matko, upěj mne v klid!" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by Felicia Dorothea (Browne) Hemans (1793 - 1835), "Mother! oh, sing me to rest", 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)
- [ None yet in the database ]
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 66