English translations of Drei zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt, opus 3

by Franz Joseph Messer (1811 - 1860)

1. Ich will meine Seele tauchen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Joseph Messer (1811 - 1860), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 3 (Drei zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt) no. 1, published 1846 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich will meine Seele tauchen
In den Kelch der Lilie hinein;
Die Lilie soll [klingend]1 hauchen
Ein Lied von der Liebsten mein.

Das Lied soll [schauern]2 und beben
Wie der Kuß von ihrem Mund,
Den sie mir einst gegeben
In wunderbar süßer Stund'.

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

1 Raif: "klingen und"
2 Raif: "schau'rn"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. I want to delve my soul
Language: English 
I want to delve my soul
Into the cup of the lily;
The lily should give resoundingly
A song belonging to my beloved.

The song should shudder and tremble
Like the kiss from her lips
That she once gave me
In a wonderfully sweet hour.

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2. Wenn Alles schläft in stiller Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Joseph Messer (1811 - 1860), "Wenn Alles schläft in stiller Nacht", op. 3 (Drei zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt) no. 2, published 1846 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn alles schläft in stiller Nacht,
  Die Liebe wacht.
Sie wandelt leise von Haus zu Haus,
Und theilt die schönsten Gaben aus;
Sie bringet Trost für altes Leid,
Bringt neue Lust und Fröhlichkeit. --
Laß, Liebe, deine Gabe mich sein,
Flicht mich in deine Träume mit ein,
Daß die, nach der mein Herz verlanget
Und sehnsuchtsglühend banget,
Im Träume mich sieht
Und hört mein Lied.

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Confirmed with Buch der Liebe von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, 1836, page 44.


by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
2.
Language: English 
When everything is sleeping in the quiet night
  Love keeps watch.
[Love] wanders quietly from house to house,
And delivers the most beautiful gifts;
It brings comfort for old sorrows,
Brings new bliss and joyfulness. -- 
Love, let me be your gift,
Weave me into your dreams,
So that she, for whom my heart longs 
And yearns with burning desire,
Sees me in her dreams
And hears my song.

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Translations of title(s):
"Die Liebe wacht" = "Love keeps watch"
"Ständchen" = "Serenade"
"Walten der Liebe" = "The workings of love"
"Wenn alles schläft" = "When everything is sleeping"
"Wenn Alles schläft in stiller Nacht" = "When everything is sleeping in the quiet night"



This text was added to the website: 2023-07-17
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Translation © by Sharon Krebs