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Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte , opus 522

by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885)

1. 's war besser so

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Traurig seufzend klagt die Maid
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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2. Du trautes Plätzchen im fernen Thal
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du trautes Plätzchen im fernen Tal,
deiner gedenk' ich viel tausend Mal.
Mai war's, wie heute, im Frühlingsschein
strahlte die Sonne auf Flur und Hain.
O schöne Zeit, nun, ach, so fern!
Deiner gedenk' ich so gern, so gern!

Glück nur verheißend und Lieb' und Ruh',
so lachten Himmel und Erd' uns zu.
Stund' auf Stunde schwand minutengleich,
wir waren beide selig und reich.
O schöne Zeit, nun, ach, so fern!
Deiner gedenk' ich so gern, so gern!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( R. Otto )

Based on:

  • a text in English by J. P. Douglas
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2. Yes, I remember
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Yes, I remember the spot so well,
where chestnuts bloom in a far off dell.
May was busy thro' all the hours
flinging her sunshine, wreathing her flow'rs,
Touching all hearts with witching spell!
Yes, I remember so well, so well!

Promise of beauty and peace of love
shone o'er the earth and the sky above.
Hours like minutes flow softly by;
ah, how happy were you and I!
Joy of that time what tongue may tell?
Yes, I remember so well, so well!

Text Authorship:

  • by J. P. Douglas

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3. Dies Auge träumt
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du fühltest nie, wie wunderbar
dies Auge träumt, dies Auge träumt,
bald wie die Morgenröte klar,
bald wie ein Abend, goldumsäumt!
Du kennst die Flut nicht, heiß und wild,
die zaub'risch diesem Kelch entschäumt!
Du fühltest nie, wie tödlich mild
dies Auge träumt, dies Auge träumt.

Blick in mein Herz, wo Stolz und Leid
vergeblich sich im Kampfe bäumt!
Was brach mein Glück für alle Zeit?
Ich sah, wie hold dies Auge träumt!
Die Hoffnung, krank und tränenschwer,
hat längst den Fehdeplatz geräumt.
Und doch, sie kniet, wo mild und hehr
dies Auge träumt, dies Auge träumt.

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)

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3. Those dreaming eyes
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Thou doest not know, how brightly gleam
those dreaming eyes, those dreaming eyes,
lovely as springtime's early beam
and clear as autumn's cloudless skies.
Thou hast not felt the blighting charm,
that in their orbs bewitching lies,
thou doest not know, how sorely harm
those dreaming eyes, those dreaming eyes.

Look to my soul's enchanted shrine,
where dim despair bewails and sighs.
What made me suffer and repine?
What wrecked my peace? Those dreaming eyes.
My trembling hope, struck to the core,
looks up to them and groans and dies,
and yet, though hopeless, I adore
those dreaming eyes, those dreaming eyes.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation possibly by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)
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