"" (which has been translated as "Welcome Vision", but can also be read as "Pleasant Daydream") is both a German poem by Otto Bierbaum and a Lied (art song) by Richard Strauss, his Op. 48/1. The opening line is "Nicht im Schlafe hab ich das geträumt" ("I did not dream this while asleep"). It is the first of a set of five songs by Strauss composed in 1900 and published in Berlin in 1901 by Adolph Fürstner. The works were scored for voice and piano, and arranged for voice and orchestra in 1918 by the composer. Poem "" first appeared in Irrgarten der Liebe (Maze of love) in Berlin and Leipzig in 1901. The full title of the collection of songs, poems and aphorisms is "Der Neubestellte Irrgarten Der Liebe: Um Etliche Gaenge Und Lauben Vermehrt, Verliebte Launenhafte, Moralische Und Andere Lieder, Gedichte U. Sprueche. Bis 1905.", where it appears in the section "Bilder und Traeume" (Images and dreams). Freundliche VisionNicht 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. Pleasant DaydreamNot in my sleep did I dream it, Saw it in broad daylight lovely before me: A meadow full of dill daisies, A white house deep in greenery, Godlike figures shining among the leaves. And I go there with one who loves me, Quiet of mind in the cool Of this white house at peace, Waiting full of beauty for us to come. Composition history Strauss composed "", along with the other four songs of Op. 48, in 1900. This song sets a poem by Otto Julius Bierbaum, while the other four set poems by Karl Henckell. Strauss composed art songs as a transition between working in instrumental music and opera; he wrote his first opera, Feuersnot, the same year. He originally scored the five songs for voice and piano. The songs were published in 1901 by Adolph Fürstner. Strauss also made an arrangement for voice and orchestra in 1918. "" is among the songs that the composer presented in more than one program on tours of the US, in Carnegie Hall in 1904, and in 1921 in Town Hall in