Acht Lieder und Gesänge , opus 16

by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889)

1. Liebeswunsch  [sung text not yet checked]

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O, wär' mein Lieb' die rote Ros',
Die auf des Schlosses [Mauer]1 glüht!
O, wär' ich selbst der Tropfen Thau,
Den man im Kelch der Rose sieht!

An [ihrer Brust die ganze Nacht]2
Läg' ich, und schwelgt' in trunkner Lust;
Bis Morgens, [wo]3 der Tag erwacht,
Läg' ich an ihrer süßen Brust.

O, wär' mein Lieb ein Holderstrauch,
Wie der, voll Blumen jeder Ast!
O, wär' ich selbst ein Vögelein!
Auf seinen Zweigen hielt' ich Rast.

Wie wollt' ich trauern, säh' ich ihn
Entblättern [des Novembers Wehn]4;
Wie singen, sähe [blüh'nd]5 und grün
Ich wieder ihn im Lenze stehn!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ferdinand Freiligrath, Siebente (der Miniatur-Ausgabe zweite) Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1844, page 438.

Note: Freiligrath has divided his translation into four stanzas, where Burns' original is usually published in two. He has also rearranged the stanzas, so Burns' stanza 1 corresponds to stanzas 3 and 4 of Freiligrath.

1 Maier: "Mauern"
2 Maier: "ihrem Busen immerdar"
3 Maier: "wenn"
4 Brandeis: "von Herbst und Winters Weh'n"; Tomášek: "durch des Herbstes Wehn"
5 Tomášek: "schmuck"

2. Blick der Liebe

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3. Serenade

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4. Liebestäuschung

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5. Liebesglut

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6. Der Fröhliche

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7. Die Gondoliere

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8. Scheidegruß

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Es zieht heran, ich hör' es
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