 " Traum durch die Dämmerung " ( " Dream in the Twilight " , literally " Dream through the twilight " ) , is both a German poem by Otto Julius Bierbaum and a Lied ( art song ) by Richard Strauss , his Op. 29 / 1 . The opening line is " <unk> Wiesen im Dämmergrau " ( " Broad meadows in grey dusk " ) . It is the first of three songs by Strauss based on love poems by Bierbaum , composed and published in Munich in 1895 , and dedicated to Eugen Gura . The works were scored for medium voice and piano , and published by Universal Edition as 3 Lieder mit <unk> ( 3 songs with piano accompaniment ) , later with English versions and orchestral arrangements . 
