English translations of Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 16

by Eduard Rommel

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1. Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee  [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Rommel , "Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee,
Wenn er wandelt [auf]1 des Berges Höh':
[Zierlicher schreibt]2 Liebchens liebe Hand,
Schreibt ein Brieflein mir in ferne Land'.

In die Lüfte hoch [ein]3 Reiher steigt,
Dahin weder Pfeil noch Kugel [fleugt]4:
[Tausendmal]5 so hoch und so geschwind
Die Gedanken treuer Liebe sind.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Eduard Mörike, Zweite, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 19.

1 Seifert: "von"
2 Seifert: "Zierlich schreibet"
3 Killmayer: "der"
4 Seifert: "reicht"
5 Seifert: "Doch tausendmal"

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
1.
Language: English 
Dainty is the bird's step on the snow
when it wanders on the mountain heights
daintier writes my love's dear hand,
writing a letter to me in distant lands.
 
A heron soars high in the air
where neither arrow nor bullet can fly:
a thousand times as high and swift
are thoughts of true love.

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Translation of title "Jägerlied" = "Hunter's song"


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2. Mailied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Rommel , "Mailied", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zwischen Weizen und Korn,
Zwischen Hecken und Dorn,
Zwischen Bäumen und Gras,
Wo [gehts]1 Liebchen? 
Sag mir das.

  Fand mein Holdchen 
  Nicht daheim;
  Muß das Goldchen 
  Draußen sein.
  Grünt und blühet 
  Schön der Mai;
  Liebchen ziehet 
  Froh und frei.

An dem Felsen beim Fluß,
Wo sie reichte den Kuß,
Jenen ersten im Gras, 
Seh' ich etwas!
Ist sie das? --2

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Note: The modernized spelling of "Weizen" is "Waizen". See also this placeholder for songs with the title "Mailied" that might or might not refer to this poem.

1 Huberti: "geht das"
2 Several composers (not Huberti, Medtner) add: "Das ist sie, das!"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2. May song
Language: English 
Between wheat and corn,
Between thicket and thorn,
Between trees and grass,
Where has my sweetheart gone? 
Tell me.

  I did not find my darling 
  At home.
  My treasure 
  Must be outside.
  May is blooming 
  Green and fair -
  My love must be wandering, 
  Happy and free.

At the cliffs by the river,
where she bestowed the kiss,
that first one in the grass - 
Do I see something?
Is it she?

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"Mailied" = "May song"



This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Translation © by Emily Ezust