English translations of Zwei Lieder für mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 1

by James Rothstein (b. 1871)

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1. Wanderers Nachtlied    [sung text not yet checked]
by James Rothstein (b. 1871), "Wanderers Nachtlied ", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzer Nachf.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der du [von dem Himmel]1 bist,
[Alles Leid]2 und Schmerzen [stillest]3,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]4,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
[Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]5
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

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Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

Notes
Line 1: Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after the first word (likely a typo)
Line 8: Backer-Grøndahl's score has a typo in word 5 ("meiner" instead of "meine")

1 Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
2 Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
3 Schubert: "stillst"
4 Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
5 Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
1. Wanderer's night song
Language: English 
You who are from heaven,
You quiet all sorrow and pain;
And he who is doubly wretched
You fill with twice as much [comfort]1.
Ah! I am tired of being driven!
For what is all this pain and joy?
Sweet peace,
Come, ah, come into my heart!

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1 for Schubert's version: "delight"


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2. Hans und Grete  [sung text not yet checked]
by James Rothstein (b. 1871), "Hans und Grete", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzer Nachf.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sie:
 Guckst du mir denn immer nach,
 Wo du nur mich findest?
 Nimm die Äuglein [doch]1 in acht!
 Daß du nicht erblindest.

Er:
 Gucktest du nicht stets herum,
 Würdest mich nicht sehen;
 Nimm dein Hälschen doch in acht!
 Wirst es noch verdrehen.

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke in drei Teilen, Erster Teil. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year given], pages 36-37.

1 Reger: "nur"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
2. Hans and Grete
Language: English 
She:
 Do you always stare at me
 Wherever you may find me?
 [Mind]1 your eyes
 So that you do not go blind!

He:
 If you did not always look around
 You would not see me;
 Mind your neck!
 You shall twist it yet.

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Translations of title(s):
"Duett: Hans und Grete" = "Duet: Hans and Grete"
"Hans und Grete" = "Hans and Grete"

1 Reger: "Only mind"


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