English translations of Sechs Lieder, opus 15

by Giovanni Battista Gordigiani (1795 - 1871)

1. Lust stürmischen Wetters
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by Giovanni Battista Gordigiani (1795 - 1871), "Lust stürmischen Wetters", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5
Language: German (Deutsch) 
"Ha! wie's jetzt stürmet und schneit!
Das ist ein Graus!"
Rufet dort einer zum Fenster heraus. 

Kein Graus! nein! nein!
Das ist mir Sonnenschein!
Denn nun bleibt jeder zu Haus,
Und ich allein.

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Confirmed with Justinus Kerner Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, pages 177-178


by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
1. The joy of stormy weather
Language: English 
"Ha, how it storms and snows!
That is a horror!"
Someone over there calls out of a window. 

No horror!  no! no!
That is like sunshine to me!
For now everyone stays at home,
And I remain alone.

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