Sketchbook : a Group of Songs and Piano Pieces

by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901)

2. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai [sung text not yet checked]

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Knospen sprangen, ¹ 
Da [ist]² in meinem Herzen
Die Liebe aufgegangen.

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Vögel sangen, ³
Da hab' ich ihr gestanden
Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.

Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En el meravellós mes de maig", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Jan Rot) , "Hoe onwaarschijnlijk mooi is mei", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "In 't wonderschoone meigetij"
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In mei, die wondermooie maand", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "In the wonderfully beautiful month of May", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Month of May", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Suloisessa toukokuussa", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 1, first published 1827
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Στον υπέροχο μήνα του Μαγιού", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nel meraviglioso mese di maggio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 1, first published 1880
RUS Russian (Русский) (Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont) , no title
SPA Spanish (Español) (Ariel E. Ramos) , "En el maravillosamente bello mes de mayo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En el mes de mayo, prodigiosamente bello", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 112.

¹ Lachner adds: "Geweckt von süssen Schmerzen, / Von Sehnsucht sanft umfangen,"
² Ender: "ist auch"
³ Lachner adds: "Die Blüten sich umwanden, / Die Zweige sich umschlangen,"

Research team for this text: René Slot , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

4. Du bist wie eine Blume [sung text not yet checked]

  Du bist wie eine Blume
[So hold und schön und rein;]¹
Ich schau' dich an, und Wehmut
Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein.

  Mir ist, als ob [ich]² die Hände
Aufs Haupt [dir]³ legen sollt',
[Betend]⁴, daß [Gott dich]⁵ erhalte
[So rein und schön und hold.]¹

Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) (Ting Chung Wang) , "你像朵鮮花", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wijtse Rodenburg) , "Jij bent als een bloem", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Jij bent mij als een bloemkelk", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Cornelis Petrus Tiele) , "Gelijk een bloeme"
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Thou art, as is a flower", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "A Flow'ret thou resemblest"
ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Thou art lovely as a flower", first published 1911
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You are like a flower", copyright © 2012
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Kuin kukka olet kaino"
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Tu sei come un fiore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , "Ty jesteś luba", Warsaw, first published 1880
POL Polish (Polski) (Stanisław Budziński) , "Ty jesteś jakoby kwiecie...", first published 1886
POL Polish (Polski) (Władysław Bełza) , "Jesteś jak kwiatek wiośniany..."
POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "És como uma flor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Eduardo Borja Illescas) , "Eres como una flor", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Eres como una flor", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 136.

¹ Ander: "So schön, so rein und hold" the first time, and the original line the second time; Chadwick: "So schön, so hold, so rein"; Mayer: "So hold, so schön und rein" the first time and "So rein, so schön und hold" the second time; in many settings by various composers, this line is altered to "So rein, so schön, so hold"
² omitted by Hinrichs
³ Hinrichs: "ich dir"
⁴ Dreyschock: "und beten"
⁵ Liszt: "dich Gott"

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

4. Oh fair, and sweet and holy [sung text checked 1 time]

Oh fair and sweet and holy,
As bud at morning tide
I gaze on thee, and yearnings,
Sad thro' my bosom glide.

I feel that fain I'd be laying,
My hand upon thy hair,
Praying that God, aye, would keep thee,
As holy, sweet, and fair,
As holy, sweet, and fair.

Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825

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Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

6. Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang' [sung text not yet checked]

Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang',
Dann fliessen die Tränen zusammen;
Und an mein Herz drück fest dein Herz,
Dann schlagen zusammen die Flammen!

Und wenn in die große Flamme fliesst
Der Strom von unsern Tränen,
Und wenn [dich mein Arm]¹ gewaltig umschließt -
Sterb' ich vor Liebessehnen!

Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

ENG English (Charles Godfrey Leland) , appears in The works of Heinrich Heine, first published 1900
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 6, first published 1827
POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, first published 1880

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 115.

¹ Jensen: "mein Arm dich"

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

8. Oh that we two were Maying [sung text checked 1 time]

Oh! that we two were Maying,
Down the stream of the soft spring breeze;
Like children with violets playing
In the shade of the whisp'ring trees.

Oh! that we two sat dreaming
On the sward of the sheep-trimm'd down,
Watching the white mist streaming
O'er river, and mead, and town.

Oh! that we two lay sleeping,
In our nest in the churchyard sod,
With our limbs at rest on the quiet earth's breast,
And our souls at home with God.

Authorship:

by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), "Song", appears in The Saint's Tragedy, Act II, scene 9, sung by Elizabeth [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

Total word count: 260