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Drei Lieder für Alt oder Bariton mit Pianoforte , opus 18

by E. Walter

Translations available for the entire opus: CAT ENG 

1. Ich hab' die Nacht geträumet  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hab [die]1 Nacht geträumet
Wohl einen schweren Traum;
Es wuchs in meinem Garten
Ein [Rosmarinenbaum]2.

Ein Kirchhof war der Garten,
Ein Blumenbeet das Grab,
Und von [dem grünen Baume]3
Fiel Kron' und Blüte ab.

Die Blüten tät ich sammeln
In einen goldenen Krug;
Der fiel mir aus den Händen,
Daß er in [Stücke zerschlug]4.

D'raus sah ich Perlen rinnen
Und Tröpflein rosenrot.
Was mag der Traum bedeuten?
Ach Liebster, bist du tot?

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title, first published 1855

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Das Lied von der blauen Blume, zwanzigste Auflage, by Leontine von Winterfeld-Platen, Schwerin: Friedrich Bahn, Copyright 1912, page 146. Appears in vierzehntes Kapitel.

1 Draeseke: "zu"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Deprosse: "Rosmarienbaum"
3 Deprosse: "den schönen Bäumen"
4 Deprosse, van Eijken, Volkmann: "Stücken schlug"

2. Veilchen unter Gras versteckt  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Veilchen, [unter]1 Gras versteckt
Wie mit Hoffnung zugedeckt,
Veilchen, freue Dich mit mir,
Sonne kommt ja auch zu Dir.

Sonne scheint mit Liebesschein
Tief Dir in Dein Herz hinein,
Trocknet Deine Tränen Dir --
Veilchen, freue Dich mit mir!

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Veilchen", first published 1843

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 in Dresel's first setting: "unter dem", but "dem" disappears in the later setting; Caspary: "unter'm" (and further changes for Caspary may exist not shown above.)

3. Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Mond kommt still gegangen
Mit seinem [goldnen Schein]1,
Da schläft [in]2 holdem Prangen 
Die müde Erde ein.

Im Traum die Wipfel weben,
Die Quellen rauschen sacht;
Singende Engel durchschweben
Die [blaue]3 Sternennacht

Und auf den Lüften schwanken
Aus manchem treuen Sinn
Viel tausend Liebesgedanken
Über [die]4 Schläfer hin.

[Und]5 drunten im [Thale, da funkeln]6
Die Fenster von Liebchens Haus;
Ich aber [blicke]7 im Dunkeln
Still in die [Welt]8 hinaus.

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Nachtlied", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De maan komt stil gevaren", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The moon so peaceful rises", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night song", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kuu kohoaa hiljaa esiin", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La lune vient doucement", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Gedichte, vierte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1845, page 18.

Note: in Lachner's score, the first word of stanza 4 is "Da" but becomes "Und" in the repetition.

1 Bernoully: "holden Schein"; Thuille: "Silberschein"
2 Grimm: "mit"
3 Würst: "laue"
4 Würst: "den"
5 Lachner: "Da"
6 Kinkel: "Thale funkeln", Umlauft: "Tal, da funkeln"
7 Thuille: "blick'"
8 Umlauft: "Nacht"

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