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English translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 22

by Theodor Heinrich Gerlach (1861 - 1940)

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1. Mainacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Heinrich Gerlach (1861 - 1940), "Mainacht", op. 22 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Gries
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es blühen und glühen die Rosen,
Wie rothe Flammen am Strauch,
Die Abendwinde umkosen
Die Rose mit schmeichelndem Hauch.

Violen duften und Flieder
Mit süß berauschender Macht,
Und flötende Nachtigalllieder 
Durchfluten die weiche Nacht.

Das ist die heimliche Stunde,
Wo leise vom Himmel steigt
Der Lenz und mit küssendem Munde
Zur blühenden Erde sich neigt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Mainacht", appears in Lieder und Bilder. Neue Dichtungen, in Liebe

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Confirmed with Lieder und Bilder. Neue Dichtungen von Julius Sturm, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1870, page 92.


by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)
1. May night
Language: English 
The roses bloom and glow
Like red flames upon the bush,
The evening winds caress
The rose with flattering breath.

Violets and lilac pour forth scent
With sweetly intoxicating power,
And fluting nightingale songs
Flood the soft night.

This is the secret hour
When spring quietly descends
From heaven, and with kissing lips
Inclines itself toward the blossoming world.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Translations of title(s):
"Maiennacht" = "May night"
"Mainacht" = "May night"



This text was added to the website: 2024-05-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
2. Du bist wie eine Blume  [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Heinrich Gerlach (1861 - 1940), "Du bist wie eine Blume", op. 22 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Gries
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)
2. 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.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann
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