English translations of Vier Lieder, opus 25

by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910)

1. Liebeslied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Liebeslied", op. 25 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie sich Rebenranken schwingen
In der linden Lüfte Hauch,
Wie sich weiße Winden schlingen
Luftig um den Rosenstrauch:

Also schmiegen sich und ranken
Frühlingsselig, still und mild,
Meine Tag- und Nachtgedanken
Um ein trautes, liebes Bild.

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
1. As vine tendrils vibrate
Language: English 
As vine tendrils vibrate
In the breath of mild breezes,
As white bindweed winds itself
lightly around the rosebush:

So my thoughts nestle and twine about,
blissful with the springtime, quietly and gently,
By day and by night,
About the dear, beloved image.

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2. Die Einsame  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Die Einsame", op. 25 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Wär's dunkel, ich läg' im [Wald]1,
Im Walde rauscht's so sacht,
Mit ihrem Sternenmantel
[Bedecket]2 mich da die Nacht,
Da kommen die Bächlein gegangen,
Ob ich schon schlafen thu'?
Ich [schlaf']3 nicht, ich [hör']4 noch [lange]5
Den Nachtigallen zu,
Wenn die Wipfel über mir [schwanken]6,
[Es klinget]7 die ganze Nacht,
Das sind im Herzen die Gedanken,
Die singen, wenn niemand wacht.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 228.

1 Gumbert, Herzogenberg, Pfitzner, Schoeck: "Walde"
2 Gumbert, Pfitzner, Schoeck: "Bedeckt"
3 Sommer: "schlafe"
4 Herzogenberg: "höre"
5 Pfitzner: "lang"
6 Gumbert: "rauschen"
7 Herzogenberg: "Es klingt"; Pfitzner: "Das klingt"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2. The lonely girl
Language: English 
Would it were dark, I would lie in the wood,
in the wood it rustles so gently;
With it's coat of stars
Night covers me there.
There come the brooks 
if I am yet asleep?
I don't sleep, by a long way I attend
to the nightingales.
When the treetops wave above me,
they resound all night.
Those are the thoughts in the heart -
They sing when no one is left awake.

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3. Liebesfrühling  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Liebesfrühling", op. 25 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sah den Lenz einmal
[Erblühn]1 im schönsten Tal;
Ich sah der Liebe Licht
Im schönsten Angesicht.

Und wandl' ich nun allein
Im Frühling durch den Hain,
Erscheint aus jedem Strauch
Ihr Angesicht mir auch.

Und seh ich sie am Ort
Wo längst der Frühling fort,
So sprießt ein Lenz und schallt
Um ihre süße Gestalt.

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1 Gänsbacher, Krinninger: "Erwacht"; further changes may exist not shown above for Krinninger.

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
3. Love's Spring
Language: English 
I saw the Spring once
blossoming in the loveliest valley;
I saw the light of live
in the most beautiful face.

And when I walk alone now
through the grove in Spring,
in every bush
her face appears to me too.

And when I see her in a place
that Spring has long since abandoned,
then a new Spring sprouts and praises resoundingly
her sweet form.

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4. O danke nicht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "O danke nicht", op. 25 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O danke nicht für diese Lieder,
Mir ziemt es dankbar dir zu sein;
[Du gabst sie mir]1, ich gebe wieder,
Was [jetzt und einst]2 und ewig dein.

Dein sind sie alle ja gewesen;
Aus deiner lieben Augen Licht
Hab ich sie treulich abgelesen:
Kennst du die eignen Lieder nicht?

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1 Dresel: "Dein sind sie ja"
2 Dresel: "einst und jetzt"

by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873)
4. Dedication
Language: English 
O do not thank me for these songs,
It is seemly for me to be thankful to you;
You give them to me, I give back,
What is now and once and ever yours.
 
Yours have they all been;
in your dear eyes light
Have I truly read them:
Do you not know your own songs?

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