English translations of Neun Stimmungsbilder, opus 3

by Aline Hundt

1. Abend am Meere  [sung text not yet checked]
by Aline Hundt , "Abend am Meere", op. 3 (Neun Stimmungsbilder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O Meer im Abendstrahl,
[An]1 deiner stillen Fluth
Fühl' ich nach langer Qual
Mich wieder fromm und gut.

Das heiße Herz vergißt,
Woran sich's müd' gekämpft,
Und jeder Wehruf ist
Zu Melodie gedämpft.

Kaum daß ein [leises]2 Weh
Durchgleitet das Gemüth,
Wie durch die stumme See
Ein weißes Segel zieht.

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1 Liszt: "In"
2 omitted by S. Wagner

by Alfred von Meißner (1822 - 1885)
1. Evening by the sea
Language: English 
Oh sea in the evening light,
[Beside]1 your quiet waters
After long suffering I feel
Myself to be again pious and good.
 
The burning heart forgets
That for which it fought till it was weary,
And every exclamation of woe
Has been muted to a melody.
 
A [quiet]2 pain glides through the spirit
Almost as imperceptibly
As a white sail skims
Over the silent sea.

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"Abend am Meere" = "Evening by the sea"
"O Meer im Abendstrahl" = "Oh sea in the evening light"

1 Liszt: "In"
2 omitted by S. Wagner


This text was added to the website: 2011-04-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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2. Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Aline Hundt , "Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen", op. 3 (Neun Stimmungsbilder) no. 4
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen,
Mag es hageln, mag es stürmen,
Klirrend [an mein Fenster]1 schlagen,
Nimmer will ich mich beklagen!
Denn ich trage in der Brust
Liebchens Bild und Frühlingslust.

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1 Raff: "mir ans Fenster"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2.
Language: English 
Though the snow piles up outdoors,
Though it hails, though it storms,
[Though it] rattles against my window,
Never shall I complain!
For I carry in my breast
The image of my beloved and the rapture of spring!

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In der Brust = In my breast Liebchens Bild = My beloved's image Mag da draussen Schnee sich thürmen = Though the snow piles up outdoors Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen = Though the snow piles up outdoors Mag da drauszen =Though outdoors



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3. Ich trat in jene Hallen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Aline Hundt , "Ich trat in jene Hallen", op. 3 (Neun Stimmungsbilder) no. 5
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich trat in jene Hallen,
Wo sie mir Treue versprochen;
Wo einst ihre Tränen gefallen,
Sind Schlangen hervorgekrochen.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
3.
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