English translations of Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 17

Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen,
Wo die Abendwinde linde
Säuseln in den Blütenbäumen,
Wo der Nachtigallen 
Lieder wieder 
In der Zweige Dämmrung schallen!

Wie des Mondes Silberhelle
Auf des Baches dunkler Welle,
Spielt in dieser lichten Stunde
Auf des [Weges]1 dunklem Grunde
Der vergangnen Tage 
Freud' und Klage.
Der Erinnrung Lust und Schmerzen
Flimmern auf in meinem Herzen -

Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen
Bei der Nachtigallen Sange
Unter vollen Blütenbäumen
Lange -- lange!

Let me rest, let me dream
Where the evening breezes gently
Rustle in the blossoming trees,
Where the nightingales’
Songs again
Ring out in the twilight of the branches!
 
Just as the silvery brightness of the moon
Plays upon the dark waves of the brook,
In this bright hour
Upon [the pathway’s]1 dark ground
Of bygone days play
Delight and lamentation.
The joy and pain of remembrance
Flare up in my heart -
 
Let me rest, let me dream
To the singing of the nightingales
Under luxuriant blossoming trees,
A long time -- a long time!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Dichterleben, in Reifere Mannesjahre
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Translated titles:
"Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen" = "Let me rest, let me dream"
"Laßt mich ruhen" = "Let me rest"
"Abendfrieden" = "Evening Peace"
¹ Liszt: "life's"

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Rosen, die die Luft mit Düften würzen,
Halme, die im Wind sich flüsternd neigen,
Quellen, die ins Tal sich rauschend stürzen,
Lerchen, die zum Himmel jubelnd steigen,
Junge Herzen, reich an Liebeswonne,
Über allen hoch die Frühlingssonne:
Tretet ein, geöffnet sind die Pforten,
Und ein Paradies ist aller Orten!

Roses that fill the air with spicy scents,
Blades of grass that bow down whisperingly in the wind,
Water-springs that plunge into the valley with a roar,
Larks that rise rejoicingly to heaven,
Young hearts, rich in the bliss of love,
Above all of them the springtime sun:
Enter, the gates are open,
And everywhere there is paradise!

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Frühling der Liebe", appears in Für das Haus. Liedergabe, in Frühlingslieder, no. 7
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Translations of title(s):
"Frühling der Liebe" = "The springtime of love"
"Frühlingswonne" = "Springtime bliss"
"Liebesfrühling" = "Love's springtime"
"Rosen, die die Luft mit Düften würzen" = "Roses that fill the air with spicy scents"

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  Die blauen Frühlingsaugen
Schau'n aus dem Gras [hervor]1;
Das sind die [lieben]2 Veilchen,
Die ich zum Strauß erkor.

  Ich pflücke sie und denke,
Und die Gedanken all,
Die mir im Herzen seufzen,
Singt laut die Nachtigall.

  [Ja,]3 was ich denke, singt sie
[Lautschmetternd]4, daß es schallt;
Mein zärtliches Geheimnis
Weiß schon der ganze Wald.

  The blue eyes of spring 
Peep [forth]1 from the grass;
Those are the [dear]2 violets
That I chose for a bouquet.

  I pick them and I ponder,
And all of the thoughts
That are sighing within my heart,
The nightingale sings them loudly.

  [Yes,]3 what I'm thinking, [the nightingale] sings
[Like a loud]4 clarion, so that it resounds;
My most tender secret
Is already known to the whole wood.

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13
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Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingslied II" = "Spring song II"
"Schubert" = "Schubert"
"Im Frühling" = "In spring"
"Verratene Liebe" = "Revealed love"
"Das verrathene Geheimniss" = "The revealed secret"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Neuer Frühling" = "New spring"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen schau'n aus dem Gras hervor" = "The blue eyes of spring peep forth from the grass"
"Lautes Geheimnis" = "Open secret"
"Verratene Liebe: Duett" = "Revealed love: duet"
"Das Veilchen" = "The violet"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen" = "The blue eyes of spring"
"Frühlingsaugen" = "Eyes of spring"
"Duett" = "Duet"

¹ von Decker "up"
² Methfessel "blue"
³ von Decker "And"
⁴ Methfessel "And like a"

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