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Zwei Lieder , opus 18

by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881)

Translations available for the entire opus: CAT ENG FRE 

1. Schließe mir die Augen beide   [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Schließe mir]1 die Augen beide
mit den lieben Händen zu;
geht doch alles, was ich leide,
unter deiner Hand zur Ruh.
Und wie leise sich der Schmerz
Well' [um]2 Welle schlafen [leget]3,
[wie]4 der letzte Schlag sich [reget]5,
füllest du mein ganzes Herz.

Text Authorship:

  • by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Schließe mir die Augen beide"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "Close both my eyes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Elisabeth Siekhaus) , "Close both my eyes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Both my eyes, come, close and cover", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Florence Z. Marshall) , "Come and close my aching eyelids"
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2012
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ferme-moi les deux yeux", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Karg-Elert: "Schliess mir du"
2 Wolff: "und"
3 Greger: "legt"
4 Karg-Elert: "wenn"
5 Greger: "regt"

2. Elisabeth  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 

Subtitle: Volkslied

Meine Mutter hat's gewollt,
Den andern ich nehmen sollt';
Was ich zuvor besessen,
Mein Herz sollt' es vergessen;
Das hat es nicht gewollt.

Meine Mutter klag' ich an,
Sie hat nicht wohlgetan;
Was sonst in Ehren stünde,
Nun [ist es worden]1 Sünde.
Was fang ich an?

Für all' mein Stolz und Freud'
Gewonnen hab' ich Leid.
Ach, wär' das nicht [geschehen]2,
Ach, könnt' ich betteln [gehen]3
Über die braune Haid'!

Text Authorship:

  • by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Elisabeth", appears in Immensee, in Meine Mutter hat's gewollt, Elisabeth's song

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Margarete Münsterberg) , "Elisabeth's Song (From "Immensee")", appears in A Harvest of German Verse, first published 1916
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Theodor Storm, Gedichte, Berlin : Verlag von Gebrüder Partel, 1889

1 Poebing: "ist's geworden"
2 Poebing: "gescheh'n"
3 Poebing: "geh'n"

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