English translations of Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 16
by Julius von Beliczay (1835 - 1893)
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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.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825
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View original text (without footnotes)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"
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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825
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Ich hab dich geliebet und liebe dich noch! Und fiele die Welt zusammen, Aus ihren Trümmern stiegen doch [Hervor]1 meiner Liebe Flammen.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 44
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 150.
1 Végh: "Empor"I loved you once and I love you still! And though the world may collapse, From its rubble nevertheless The flames of my love would arise.
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Translations of title(s):
"Meiner Seele bist du ein Theil" = "You are a part of my soul"
"Ich hab dich geliebet" = "I loved you once"
"Ich hab dich geliebet und liebe dich noch" = "I loved you once and I love you still"
"Ich hab' dich geliebt und liebe dich noch" = "I loved you once and I love you still"
"Wunsch" = "Wish"
"Meine liebe Flammenn" = "The flames of my love"
"Ich hab' dich geliebt" = "I loved you once"
"Zu Ende" = "At an end"
"Ich habe dich geliebet" = "I loved you once"
"Ewige Liebe" = "Eternal love"
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-16
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Word count: 26