English translations of Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, opus 19

by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912)

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1. So wahr die Sonne scheinet  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "So wahr die Sonne scheinet", op. 19 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ medium voice and piano ], Danzig, Ziemssen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
So wahr die Sonne scheinet,
[So wahr die Wolke weinet,
So wahr die Flamme sprüht]1,
So wahr der Frühling blüht;
So wahr hab' ich empfunden,
Wie ich dich halt' umwunden:
Du liebst mich, wie ich dich,
Dich lieb' ich, wie du mich.

Die Sonne mag verscheinen,
Die Wolke nicht mehr weinen,
Die Flamme mag versprühn,
Der Frühling nicht mehr blühn!
Wir wollen uns umwinden
Und immer so empfinden;
Du liebst mich, wie ich dich,
Dich lieb' ich, wie du mich.

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1 Schumann (op. 101): "So wahr die Flamme sprüht,/ So wahr die Wolke weinet"

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
1. As truly as the sun shines
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As truly as the sun shines,
as truly as the clouds weep,
as truly as the flames spark,
as truly as Spring blooms,
as truly as I felt
as I held you in my embrace,
you love me, as I love you,
I love you, as you love me.

The sun may stop shining,
the clouds may weep no more,
the flames may die down,
Spring may blossom no more!
but let us embrace
and feel this way forever;
You love me as I love you,
and I love you as you love me.

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2. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Ich hab' im Traum geweinet", op. 19 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ medium voice and piano ], Danzig, Ziemssen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hab' im [Traum]1 geweinet,
Mir träumte, du lägest im Grab.
Ich wachte auf, und die Träne 
Floß noch von der Wange herab.

Ich hab' im [Traum]1 geweinet,
Mir träumt', du verließest mich.
Ich wachte auf, [und ich weinte]2
Noch lange bitterlich.

Ich hab' im [Traum]1 geweinet,
Mir träumte, du [wär'st mir noch]3 gut.
Ich wachte auf, und noch immer
[Strömt meine Tränenflut]4.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 159.

1 Franz, Thuille: "Traume"
2 Meyer: "und weinte"
3 Dahl: "wärest mir noch"; Loewe, Söderman: "bliebest mir"; Meyer: "warst mir noch"; Thuille: "bliebst mir"
4 Meyer: "Strömt meiner Tränen Flut"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. I wept in my dream
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I wept in my dream -
I dreamed you lay in a grave.
I awoke, and my tears
Still flowed down my cheeks.

I wept in my dream -
I dreamed you had abandoned me.
I awoke and I cried
Bitterly for a long while.

I wept in my dream -
I dreamed you were still good to me.
I awoke, and still
Streams my flood of tears.

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3. Im Herbste  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Im Herbste", op. 19 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ medium voice and piano ], Danzig, Ziemssen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zu meinen Füßen [sinkt]1 ein Blatt,
Der Sonne müd', des Regens satt;
Als dieses Blatt war grün und neu
Hatt' ich noch Eltern lieb und treu.

O wie vergänglich ist ein Laub,
Des Frühlings Kind, des Herbstes Raub!
Doch hat dies [Laub]2, das niederbebt,
Mir so viel Liebes überlebt.

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1 Schwalm: "liegt"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Stigelli: "Blatt"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
3. In the autumn
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[A leaf sinks down at my feet,]1
Tired of the sun, sated with rain;
When this leaf was green and new
I still had parents, dear and true.
 
Oh how ephemeral is a leaf,
The child of spring, the spoils of autumn!
Yet this leaf that trembles down,
Has outlived so much that was dear to me.

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Translated titles:
"Nachklang" = "Resonance"
"Im Herbste" = "In the autumn"
1 Schwalm: "At my feet there lies a leaf"; further changes may exist not shown above.


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