English translations of Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 25

by (Carl Franz) Edmund Kretschmer (1830 - 1908)

1. Nachtgesang  [sung text not yet checked]
by (Carl Franz) Edmund Kretschmer (1830 - 1908), "Nachtgesang", op. 25 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Nun]1 die Schatten dunkeln,
Stern [an]2 Stern erwacht:
Welch ein Hauch der Sehnsucht
Flutet [in der]3 Nacht!

Durch das [Meer]4 der Träume
Steuert ohne Ruh',
[Steuert]5 meine Seele
Deiner Seele zu.

Die sich dir ergeben,
Nimm sie ganz dahin!
Ach, du weißt, daß nimmer
Ich [mein]6 eigen bin.

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Juniuslieder, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 34.

1 Lewy: "Wenn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Bolko von Hochberg: "bei"
3 Bolko von Hochberg, Hermann, Rubinstein, Schachner, Zumpe: "durch die"
4 Bolko von Hochberg: "Reich"
5 Hermann: "Sehnend"
6 Schachner: "mir"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
1. Now the shadows are darkening
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Now the shadows are darkening
star after star is waking up:
what a breath of longing
is flooding through the night!

Across the sea of dreams,
steering ceaselessly
my soul is steering
towards your soul.

Anything that surrenders to you
is to be taken completely.
Oh, you know, that I am no longer
my own.

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2. Draussen im Wald, in grüner Welt
by (Carl Franz) Edmund Kretschmer (1830 - 1908), "Draussen im Wald, in grüner Welt", op. 25 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Draussen im Wald, in grüner Welt
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3. Ruhe
by (Carl Franz) Edmund Kretschmer (1830 - 1908), "Ruhe", op. 25 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Unter den Bäumen will ich träumen
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