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English translations of Sechs Lieder, opus 2

by Gebhardt von Alvensleben

1. An Sie  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gebhardt von Alvensleben , "An Sie", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [ alto or baritone and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Du bist wie eine Blume
[So hold und schön und rein;]1
Ich [schau']2 dich an, und Wehmut
Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein.

  Mir ist, als [ob ich]3 die Hände
Aufs Haupt [dir]4 legen sollt',
[Betend]5, daß [Gott dich]6 erhalte
[So rein und schön und hold]7.

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 136.

1 Ander: "So schön, so rein und hold"; Chadwick: "So schön, so hold, so rein"; Mayer: "So hold, so schön und rein"; Becker, Thuille: "So hold, so schön, so rein"; Unger: "So rein so schön und hold"
2 Becker: "seh'"
3 Hinrichs: "ob"
4 Hinrichs: "ich dir"
5 Dreyschock: "und beten"
6 Liszt: "dich Gott"
7 Ander: "So hold und schön und rein"; Chadwick, Thuille: "So schön, so hold, so rein"; Mayer: "So rein, so schön und hold"; Becker: "So rein, so schön, so hold"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. Thou art, as is a flower
Language: English 
Thou art, as is a flower,
so meek and pure and fine,
I look at thee and sadness
steals o'er the heart of mine.

I feel that both my hands softly
thy hair, thy head should seek,
praying that God may preserve thee
so pure and fine and meek.

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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann
2. Der glückliche Mann  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gebhardt von Alvensleben , "Der glückliche Mann", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [ alto or baritone and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Saphire]1 sind die Augen dein,
Die lieblichen, die süßen.
O, dreimal glücklich ist der Mann,
Den sie mit Liebe grüßen.
 
Dein Herz, es ist ein Diamant,
Der edle Lichter sprühet.
O, dreimal glücklich ist der Mann,
Für den es liebend glühet.
 
Rubinen sind die Lippen dein,
Man kann nicht schönre sehen.
O, dreimal glücklich ist der Mann,
Dem Liebe sie gestehen.
 
O, kennt ich nur den glücklichen Mann,
O, daß ich ihn nur fände,
So recht allein im grünen Wald --
Sein Glück hätt' bald ein Ende.

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 56

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1 Héritte-Viardot: "Saphiren"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. Your eyes are sapphires
Language: English 
 Your eyes are sapphires,
 so lovely, so sweet.
 Oh, lucky three times over is the man
 whom they greet with love.
 
 Your heart is a diamond
 that radiates noble light.
 Oh, lucky three times over is the man
 for whom it lovingly glows.
 
 Your lips are rubies -
 one can not see anything finer.
 Oh lucky three times over is the man,
 to whom they avow love.
 
 Oh, if only I knew this lucky man,
 ah, if only I could find him -
 one moment alone with him in the green wood
 and his luck would soon be at an end.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 100

Translation © by Emily Ezust
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