English translations of Sechs Goethe-Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 72
by Joseph Abenheim (1804 - 1891)
Ich denke dein, wenn mir der Sonne Schimmer [Vom Meere]1 strahlt; Ich denke dein, wenn [sich]2 des Mondes [Flimmer]3 In Quellen mahlt. Ich sehe dich, wenn auf dem fernen Wege Der Staub sich hebt; In tiefer Nacht, wenn auf dem schmalen [Stege]4 Der Wandrer bebt.5 Ich höre dich, wenn dort mit dumpfem Rauschen Die Welle steigt. Im [stillen]6 [Haine geh']7 ich oft [zu]8 lauschen, Wenn alles schweigt. Ich bin bei dir, du seyst auch noch so ferne, Du bist mir nah! Die Sonne sinkt, [bald]9 leuchten mir die Sterne. O wärst du da!
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nähe des Geliebten", written 1795, first published 1795
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 65, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796, herausgegeben von Schiller. Neustrelitz, bei dem Hofbuchhändler Michaelis, page 5.
1 Beethoven: "Von Meeren"; Unger: "Von Neuem"2 Wilhelmj: "dich" (typo?)
3 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Schimmer"
4 Schubert: "Wege"
5 Backer-Grøndahl adds "Ich sehe dich."
6 Lang (only in op. 5 no. 1): "dunklen"
7 Schubert: "Hain, da geh"; Unger: "Hain gehe"
8 Lang (only in op. 5 no. 1): "um zu"
9 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "es"
I think of you when the sunlight shimmers, beaming from the sea1; I think of you when the moon's gleam paints the streams. I see you when, on distant roads, the dust rises up; in deep night, when on the narrow bridge a traveler quivers. I hear you when there, with a muffled roar, the waves rise. In the still grove I go often to listen, when everything is silent. I am with you, even if you are so far away. You are near me! The sun sinks, and soon the stars will shine for me. O, if only you were here!
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Nähe des Geliebten" = "Near the beloved"
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Ach wer bringt die schönen Tage, Jene Tage der ersten Liebe, Ach wer bringt nur eine Stunde Jener holden Zeit zurück! Einsam nähr' ich meine Wunde Und mit stets erneuter Klage Traur' ich [um's verlorne]1 Glück. Ach, wer bringt die schönen Tage, [Jene holde Zeit zurück!]2
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Erster Verlust", first published 1789
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 63; and with Goethe's Schriften. Achter Band. Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, page 113.
First written 1785 by Goethe for his fragmentary Singspiel "Die ungleichen Hausgenossen" (Arie der Baronesse, Act II), with different stanzas 2 and 3.
1 Nägeli: "um verlornes"2 Schubert: "Wer jene holde Zeit zurück!"; Medtner, Zelter: "Wer bringt die holde, süße, liebe Zeit zurück?"
Ah, who will bring back those beautiful days - those days of first love? Ah, who will bring back even just one hour of that lovely time? Lonely, I nourish my wound and with constantly renewed laments, I mourn my lost happiness. Ah, who will bring back those beautiful days - that lovely time?
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Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich schweigen, Denn mein Geheimniß ist mir Pflicht; Ich möchte dir mein ganzes Innre zeigen, Allein das Schicksal will es nicht. [Zur rechten]1 Zeit vertreibt der Sonne Lauf Die finstre Nacht, und sie muß sich erhellen; Der harte Fels schließt seinen Busen auf, Mißgönnt der Erde nicht die tiefverborgnen Quellen. Ein jeder sucht im Arm [des Freundes]2 Ruh, Dort kann die Brust in Klagen sich ergießen; Allein ein Schwur drückt mir die Lippen zu Und nur ein Gott vermag sie aufzuschließen.
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1782, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 117; and with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Neunzehnter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1828, page 262.
First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Dritter Band, Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, pages 203-204. The poem appears in Book 5, Chapter 16 of Goethe's novel.
1 Schubert (first setting, D. 726): "Zu rechter"2 Goethe (only in the editions of the poems, not in the novel): "der Freunde"
Don't ask me to speak - ask me to be silent, for my secret is a [solemn] duty to me. I wish I could bare my soul to you, but Fate does not will it. At the right time, the sun's course will dispell the dark night, and it must be illuminated. The hard rock will open its bosom; and ungrudgingly, the earth will release deep hidden springs. Others may seek calm in the arms of a friend; there one can pour out one's heart in lament. But for me alone, a vow locks my lips, And only a god has the power to open them.
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Im [Felde]1 [schleich']2 ich still und wild, Gespannt mein Feuerrohr. Da schwebt so licht dein liebes Bild Dein süßes Bild mir vor. Du wandelst jetzt wohl still und mild Durch Feld und liebes Thal, Und ach mein schnell verrauschend Bild Stellt [sich dir's]3 nicht einmal? Des Menschen, der die Welt durchstreift Voll Unmuth und Verdruß, Nach Osten und nach Westen schweift, Weil er dich lassen muß. Mir ist es, denk' ich nur an dich, Als in den Mond zu sehn; Ein stiller Friede kommt auf mich, Weiß nicht wie mir geschehn.
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Jägers Abendlied", written 1775-6, first published 1776
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 110.
First anonymously published in Christoph Martin Wieland's Der Teutsche Merkur vom Jahr 1776. Erstes Vierteljahr. Weimar, pages 8-9, with the title Jägers Nachtlied, see below.
1 Franke, Weber: "Walde"; further changes may exist for Franke not shown above2 Andersch: "schweif' " ; Gompertz: "streich' " ; further changes may exist not shown above.
3 Hensel: "sich's dir"
In the fields I creep, silent and wild, my gun cocked. There floats so lightly your dear image, your sweet image before me. You wander now so mute and gentle through field and dear valley; and ah! my swiftly passing image, does it not once appear before you? ...the image of a man who prowls through the world, full of indignance and annoyance, wandering from east to west because he must leave you? If I only think of you, it seems to me that I'm looking at the moon: a still peace comes over me, and I do not know how it happens.
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An dem [reinsten]1 Frühlingsmorgen Gieng die Schäferin und sang, Jung und schön und ohne Sorgen, Daß es durch die Felder [klang]2, So la la! le ralla. Thyrsis bot ihr für ein Mäulchen [Zwei,]3 drei Schäfchen gleich am Ort, [Schalkhaft blickte sie]4 ein Weilchen; Doch sie sang und lachte fort, So la la! le ralla. Und ein Andrer bot ihr Bänder, Und der Dritte bot sein Herz; Doch sie trieb mit Herz und Bändern So wie mit den Lämmern Scherz, Nur la la! le ralla.
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die Spröde"
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethes Sämmtliche Werke: Vollständige Ausgabe in zehn Bänden, Erster Band, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1875, pages 6-7. Note: modernized spelling would change "Gieng" to "Ging".
2 Cimarosa: "drang"
3 Cimarosa: "Da"
4 Cimarosa: "Sie besann sich nur"
On the [purest]1 of spring mornings The shepherdess walked along singing, Young and beautiful and free of care, [Singing] so that [it rang]2 through the fields, So la la! le ralla. Thyrsis offered her for a little kiss [Two,]3 three little sheep on the spot, [She looked at him roguishly]4 for a little while; But she continued to sing and laugh, So la la! le ralla. And another chap offered her ribbons, And a third one offered his heart; But she made fun of heart and ribbons As she had with the lambs, Only la la! le ralla.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translated titles:
"Die Spröde" = "The aloof [shepherdess]"
"An dem reinstem Frühlingsmorgen" = "On the purest of spring mornings"
"Die Spröde und die Bekehrte" = "The aloof and the repentant [shepherdess]"
2 Cimarosa: "the song penetrated"
3 Cimarosa: "There"
4 Cimarosa: "She only thought about it"
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Tage der Wonne Kommt ihr so bald? Schenkt mir die Sonne, Hügel und Wald? Reichlicher fließen Bächlein zumal. Sind es die Wiesen Ist es das Thal? [Blauliche]1 Frische! Himmel und Höh! Goldene Fische Wimmeln im See. Buntes Gefieder Rauschet im Hain; Himmlische Lieder Schallen darein. Unter des Grünen Blühender Kraft, Naschen die Bienen Summend am Saft. Leise Bewegung Bebt in der Luft, Reizende Regung, Schläfernder Duft. Mächtiger rühret Bald sich ein Hauch, Doch er verlieret Gleich sich im Strauch. Aber zum Busen Kehrt er zurück. Helfet, ihr Musen, Tragen das Glück! Saget seit gestern Wie mir geschah? Liebliche Schwestern, Liebchen ist da!
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", written 1801, first published 1803
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 90-91, and with Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1804, Herausgegeben von Wieland und Goethe, Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 107-109.
1 Hauptmann: "Bläuliche"Days of joy, Have you come so soon? To give me the sun, Hill and Forest? Amply flow the brooklets again, Are those meadows? Is this a valley? Blue freshness! Heaven and heights! Golden fishes Teeming in the sea. Colorful plumage Rustles in the grove, Heavenly songs Resound therein! Under the greenery's Blooming, thriving effort The little bees dine, Humming, on nectar. Gentle movements shake in the fresh air, the lovely stirring Of sleepy fragrance. Powerfully stirs a breath of air, Yet it loses itself in a bush. But to the bosom It turns back, Help [me], o Muses, To bear [this] Happiness! Tell me how, since yesterday, it happened to me, lovely sisters - My sweetheart is there!
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