English translations of Zwei Gedichte aus den Amaranth-Liedern von O. von Redwitz, opus 1

by Max Kretschmar

1. Zieht hin ihr lieben stillen Lieder  [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Kretschmar , "Zieht hin ihr lieben stillen Lieder", op. 1 (Zwei Gedichte aus den Amaranth-Liedern von O. von Redwitz) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Delitzsch, Pabst
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. Travel off you dear quiet songs
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. Ich will dich auf den Händen tragen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Kretschmar , "Ich will dich auf den Händen tragen", op. 1 (Zwei Gedichte aus den Amaranth-Liedern von O. von Redwitz) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Delitzsch, Pabst
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich will dich auf den Händen tragen,
Und dir ein treuer Engel sein;
Will legen meine junge Seele
Ganz in dein liebes Herz hinein.

Ich will für mich ja Nichts erflehen,
Für dich nur Alles ganz allein;
Ach! Wenn so ganz ich in dir lebe,
Schließt ja auch mich der Segen ein!

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Confirmed with Oscar v. Redwitz, Amaranth, Zweite Auflage, Mainz: Verlag von Kirchheim und Schott, 1850, page 118.


by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz (1823 - 1891)
2.
Language: English 
I want to bear you up with my hands
And to be a guardian angel for you,
I want to place my young soul
Entirely within your dear heart.

I would not ask anything at all for myself,
But for you alone, everything;
Ah, if I could exist so entirely in you,
It would be a blessing for me as well!

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