Take, then, these songs | Take, then, these songs

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by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858)

Translation © by Lynn Thompson

Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA LIT SPA

Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder,
Die ich dir, Geliebte, sang,
Singe sie dann abends wieder
Zu der Laute süßem Klang.

Wenn das Dämmrungsrot dann ziehet
Nach dem stillen blauen See,
Und sein letzter Strahl verglühet
Hinter jener Bergeshöh;

Und du singst, was ich gesungen,
Was mir aus der vollen Brust
ohne Kunstgepräng erklungen,
Nur der Sehnsucht sich bewußt:

Dann vor diesen Liedern weichet
Was geschieden uns so weit,
Und ein liebend Herz erreichet
Was ein liebend Herz geweiht.

Text Authorship:

by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858) [author's text not yet checked 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):

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder", op. 98 no. 6, from An die ferne Geliebte, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Accepta doncs aquestes cançons", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Neem ze aan dan, deze lied'ren", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Lynn Thompson) , "Take, then, these songs", copyright © 1997, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Angelika Frenzel) , "Accepte donc ces chansons", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Prendile dunque, queste canzoni", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Tu priimk dainas manąsias", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Toma, pues, estas canciones", copyright © 2016, (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: 16
Word count: 79

Take, then, these songs

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Take, then, these songs,
That I to you, beloved, sang,
Sing them again in the evenings
To the sweet sounds of the lute!

When the red twilight then moves
toward the calm, blue lake,
And the last ray dies
behind that hilltop;

And you sing, what I have sung,
What I, from my full heart,
Artlessly have sounded,
Only aware of its longings.

For before these songs yields,
What separates us so far,
And a loving heart reaches
For what a loving heart has consecrated.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 1997 by Lynn Thompson, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85