English translations of Vier Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, opus 3

by Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914)

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1. Amaranth  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914), "Amaranth", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1856 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zieht hin, ihr [lieben]1 stillen Lieder
Zu meiner süßen Amaranth!
In ihrem Herzen laßt euch nieder,
Es ist ja euer Vaterland!

Sagt ihr, ihr seiet kleine Sterne
Vom Himmel, den sie mir geschenkt!
Und zöget her aus weiter Ferne,
Zu fragen, ob sie mein gedenkt!

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Confirmed with Oscar v. Redwitz, Amaranth, vierundreißigste Auflage, Mainz: Verlag von Franz Kirchheim, 1882, page 223.

1 Finzenhagen: "kleinen"; further changes may exist not shown above.

by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz (1823 - 1891)
1. Amaranth
Language: English 
Travel off, you [dear quiet]1 songs
To my sweet Amaranth!
Settle yourselves in her heart,
For it is your homeland!

Tell her that you are little stars
From the heaven that she has given me!
And that you have travelled hither from the far distance
To ask if she is thinking of me!

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Translations of title(s):
"Amaranth" = "Amaranth"
"An Amaranth" = "To Amaranth"
"Botschaft" = "Message"
"Walters Lied an Amaranth" = "Walter's song to Amaranth"
"Widmung" = "Dedication"
"Zieht hin ihr lieben stillen Lieder" = "Travel off you dear quiet songs"
"Zieht hin, ihr stillen Lieder" = "Travel off, you quiet songs"

1 Finzenhagen: "quiet little"; further changes may exist not shown above.


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2. Ihr Bild  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914), "Ihr Bild", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1856 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn ich auf dem Lager liege
In Nacht [und Kissen]1 gehüllt,
So schwebt mir vor ein süßes,
Anmutig liebes Bild!

Wenn mir der stille Schlummer
Geschlossen die Augen kaum,
So schleicht [das Bild sich leise]2
Hinein in meinen Traum

[Doch]3 mit dem Traum des Morgens
Zerrinnt es nimmermehr;
Dann trag' ich es im Herzen
Den ganzen Tag umher.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine's Sämmtliche Werke, Erster Band: Reisebilder, Dritte Auflage, Philadelphia: Verlag von John Weik, 1856, pages 29-30.

1 omitted by Mendelssohn
2 Lang: "das liebe Bild"
3 Lang: "Und"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. When I lie on the bed
Language: English 
When I lie on the bed, 
shrouded in night and cushions, 
So floats before me a sweet,
lovely dear image.

When silent slumber 
has barely closed my eyes, 
So creeps the image quietly
into my dream.

And in the morning 
it never fades away with the dream:
Then I carry it about with me in my heart 
the whole day.

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3. In der Ferne  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914), "In der Ferne", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1856 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Jetzt wird sie wohl [im]1 Garten gehen,
Der blüht und glüht im [Sonnenlicht]2,
Und in [die]3 Ferne wird sie spähen,
Mich aber, ach, mich sieht sie nicht.
 
Und [eine]4 Rose wird sie brechen
Mit stummer Wehmuth im Gesicht,
Und meinen Namen wird sie sprechen.
Ich aber, ach, ich hör' es nicht!

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Confirmed with Robert Prutz, Buch der Liebe, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Keil, 1874, page 53.

1 Zemlinsky: "in dem"
2 Zemlinsky: "Sommerlicht"
3 Zemlinsky: "der"
4 Zemlinsky: "die"

by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872)
3.
Language: English 
Now, she will surely go into the garden,
Which blooms and glows in the sunlight,
And afar off she will peer about.
But me, ah! me she does not see.

And she will pluck a rose,
With wordless nostalgia on her face,
And then she’ll speak my name.
But I, ah! I will not hear it.

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4. Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914), "Nachtlied", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1856 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Mond kommt still gegangen
Mit seinem [goldnen Schein]1,
Da schläft [in]2 holdem Prangen 
Die müde Erde ein.

Im Traum die Wipfel weben,
Die Quellen rauschen sacht;
Singende Engel durchschweben
Die [blaue]3 Sternennacht

Und auf den Lüften schwanken
Aus manchem treuen Sinn
Viel tausend Liebesgedanken
Über [die]4 Schläfer hin.

[Und]5 drunten im [Thale, da funkeln]6
Die Fenster von Liebchens Haus;
Ich aber [blicke]7 im Dunkeln
Still in die [Welt]8 hinaus.

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Gedichte, vierte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1845, page 18.

Note: in Lachner's score, the first word of stanza 4 is "Da" but becomes "Und" in the repetition.

1 Bernoully: "holden Schein"; Thuille: "Silberschein"
2 Grimm: "mit"
3 Würst: "laue"
4 Würst: "den"
5 Lachner: "Da"
6 Kinkel: "Thale funkeln", Umlauft: "Tal, da funkeln"
7 Thuille: "blick'"
8 Umlauft: "Nacht"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
4. The moon so peaceful rises
Language: English 
The moon so peaceful rises
with all its golden shine,
here sleeps in lovely glitter
the weary earth below.

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And on the breezes waft down
from many faithful hearts
true loving thoughts by the thousand
upon the sleeping ones.

And down in the valley, there twinkle
the lights from my lover's house;
but I in darkness still look out -
silent - into the world.

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