Four songs of Mirza Schaffy

Song Cycle by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)

1. Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Neig' schön'  Knospe, dich zu mir,
Und was ich bitte das tu' mir!
Ich will dich pflegen und halten;
Du sollst bei mir erwarmen
Und sollst in meinen Armen
Zur Blume dich entfalten.

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  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) , "Bend, opening blossom"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1. Lean, opening blossom, down towards me
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Lean, opening blossom, down towards me,
And what I whisper do for me
Come, let me gather and clasp thee.
With me thou shalt find sunshine,
Lulled by these arms of mine,
To flower let me woo thee.

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  • Singable translation by Walter Creighton , "Lean, opening blossom, down towards me"

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2. Und was die Sonne glüht  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Und was die Sonne glüht,
Was Wind und Welle singt,
Und was die Rose blüht
Was auf zum Himmel klingt
Und was vom Himmel nieder
Das weht durch mein Gemüth
Das klingt durch meine Lieder.

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2. Where'er the sun doth glow
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Where'er the sun doth glow,
What songs the breezes sing,
Where'er the roses blow,
What to the heavens doth rise,
What echoes from the skies,
That throbs throughout my soul!
Ah! that's what I am singing.

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3. Ich fühle deinen Odem  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich fühle Deinen Odem
  Mich überall [umwehn]1 --
Wohin die Augen schweifen
  Wähn' ich, Dein Bild zu [sehn]2!

Im Meere meiner Gedanken
  Kannst Du nur untergehn
Um, wie die Sonne, Morgens
  Schön wieder aufzustehn!

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  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "I feel thy breath in sweetness"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy mit einem Prolog von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Einunddreißigste Auflage, Berlin, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1870, page 124.

1 Keller: "umwehen"
2 Keller: "sehen"

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3. I feel thy soul's dear presence
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I feel thy soul's dear presence
Around me in the air;
And when I look with longing,
I see thee ev'rywhere! 
Deep in my thought's still waters
Thou canst but sink, to rise,
As doth the sun at day-break
Rise radiant in the skies.

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4. Die helle Sonne leuchtet
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die helle Sonne leuchtet
  Auf's weite Meer hernieder,
Und alle Wellen zittern
  Von ihrem Glanze wieder.

Du spiegelst Dich, wie die Sonne,
  Im Meere meiner Lieder!
Sie alle glühn und zittern
  Von Deinem Glanze wieder!

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  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The golden sun it shineth"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. The dazzling sun is glistening
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 The dazzling sun is glistening
 Down o'er the sea's deep yearning,
 And all the waves are trembling,
 Their answer thus returning.
 
 'Tis thou who shinest resplendent,
 Like sunshine, through my singing;
 My songs all glow and tremble,
 Thy glances rapture bringing.

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