English translations of Drei Lieder, opus 31

by Carl Mahlberg

1. Vorsatz  [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Mahlberg , "Vorsatz", op. 31 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Langensalza, Schulbuchhandlung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich [will's dir]1 nimmer sagen,
Wie ich so lieb dich hab',
Im Herzen will ich's tragen,
Will [stumm]2 sein wie das Grab.

Kein Lied [soll dir's]3 gestehen,
Soll flehen um mein Glück,
Du selber sollst es sehen,
Du selbst -- in meinem Blick.

Und [kannst]4 du es nicht lesen,
Was dort so zärtlich spricht,
So ist's ein Traum gewesen;
Dem Träumer zürne nicht.

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Confirmed with Robert Prutz, Buch der Liebe, Fünfte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Keil, 1883, page 45. Note: C. Schnabel's score has a typo in stanza 2, line 2, word 4 ("dein" instead of "mein").

1 Becker, Dorn, Hallet, Hoth, Hoppe, Jonas, Lang, Lassen, Lederer, Naret-Koning, Nodnagel, Nordmann, Rehberg, Roeder, Schaefer, C. Schultz, Simon: "will dir's"; Bradsky, Kauffmann: "will Dir"; further changes may exist for composers with unverified texts.
2 Lang: "still"
3 Schnabel: "soll's dir"
4 Henkel: "willst"

by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872)
1. Resolution
Language: English 
I shall never tell you
How much I love you.
I shall carry it in my heart,
And shall be as [mute]1 as the grave.
 
No song [poem] shall confess it to you,
Shall plead for my happiness;
You yourself must see it,
You yourself [must see it] in my gaze.
 
And if you cannot read
What speaks so tenderly there,
Then it was but a dream.
Do not be angry with the dreamer!

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Translated titles:
"Entsagung" = "Renunciation"
"Ich will's dir nimmer sagen" and "Ich will dir's nimmer sagen" = "I shall never tell you"
"Mein Geheimniss" = "My secret"
"Stille Liebe" = "Silent love"
"Verschwiegene Liebe" = "Concealed love"
"Volkslied" = "Folksong"
"Vorsatz" = "Resolution"

1 Lang: "silent"


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2. Ich muss hinaus, ich muss zu dir  [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Mahlberg , "Ich muss hinaus, ich muss zu dir", op. 31 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Langensalza, Schulbuchhandlung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich muß hinaus, ich muß zu Dir,
Ich muß es selbst Dir sagen:
Du bist mein Frühling, Du [nur mir]1
In diesen lichten Tagen.

Ich will die [Rosen]2 nicht mehr sehn,
Nicht mehr die grünen Matten;
Ich will nicht mehr zu Walde gehn
[Nach Duft und]3 Klang und Schatten.

Ich will nicht mehr der Lüfte Zug,
Nicht mehr der Wellen Rauschen,
Ich will nicht mehr der Vögel Flug
Und [ihrem Liede]4 lauschen. --

Ich [will]5 hinaus, ich [will]5 zu Dir,
Ich will es selbst Dir sagen:
Du bist mein Frühling, Du [nur mir]1
In diesen lichten Tagen!

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1 Zumpe: "allein"
2 Zumpe: "Rose"
3 Zumpe: "Nicht mehr nach"
4 Zumpe: "ihren Liedern"
5 Zumpe: "muss"

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
2. Love and Spring
Language: English 
I must get out, I must get to you,
I must tell it to you myself:
You are my Spring, only you
 In these bright days.
 I no longer wish to see the roses
nor the green meadow;
I no longer to want to go to the forest
for its scents and sounds and shadows.
I no longer want the blowing air,
nor the rushing waves,
I no longer want to listen to
the birds and their songs.
I want to get out, I want to get to you,
I want to tell it to you myself:
You are my Spring, only you
in these bright days.

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3. Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n  [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Mahlberg , "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 31 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Langensalza, Schulbuchhandlung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhn,
Und dir in's Auge schaun,
Die blaue Nacht mag leise nun
Auf uns herniederthaun,
Schon tauchet aus dem stillen See
Des Mondes Bild empor,
Und kühner streift das scheue Reh
Durch Wald und Wiesenmoor.

Mein Haupt laß ruhn auf deinem Schooß,
Da ruht es sanft und weich.
Wie ist der Himmel weit und groß,
Wie ist die Erde reich!
Der schönste Stern in blauer Nacht,
Der schönste Stern bist du,
In deines Lichtes sanfter Pracht
O gönne mir die Ruh!

An deinem Herzen laß mich ruhn
Nur kurze, seelge Zeit!
Kein Lauscher kündet unser Thun,
Die Welt ist traumgefeit.
An deinen Lippen laß mich ruhn,
Eh noch die Nacht verglimmt,
Bis unsre Seele träumend nun
In Seeligkeit verschwimmt!

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  • by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), title 1: "Selige Ruhe", title 2: "Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhn", appears in Liederbuch

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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1852, pages 65-66


by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)
3.
Language: English 
I wish to rest at your feet,
And gaze into your eyes,
Quietly the blue night may now
Fall dewily down upon us,
From the quiet lake already
Rises the image of the moon,
And more boldly the shy deer
Wanders through forest and meadow moorland.

Let my head rest upon your lap,
There it may rest gently and softly.
How great and wide is the sky,
How rich the earth!
The most lovely star in the blue night,
The most lovely star is you,
In the gentle splendour of your light
Oh grant me rest!

Let me rest upon your heart
For only a short, blessed time!
No eavesdropper shall tell of what we do,
The world has been made immune by dreams.
Let me rest upon your lips,
Before yet the night glimmers out,
Until our soul, dreaming now,
Dissolves in bliss!

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Translations of title(s):
"Selige Ruhe" = "Blessed rest"
"Zu deinen Füssen möcht' ich liegen" = "I wish to lie at your feet"
"Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhn" = "I wish to rest at your feet"
"Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhen" = "I wish to rest at your feet"



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