 A typical performance takes around three minutes . In the version for medium voice , the music of " Traum durch die Dämmerung " begins in F @-@ sharp major . It is in 2 / 4 time and marked " Sehr ruhig " ( very calm ) . The two stanzas are through @-@ composed , with two slight changes to the text : Strauss added the word " hin " to the third line and changed the order of the adjectives in the last line . The song is completed by a modified repeat of the last three lines , this time in Bierbaum 's word order . 
