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English translations of Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte, opus 13

by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy

1. Nun die Schatten dunkeln  [sung text not yet checked]
by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Wien, Schreiber
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Nun]1 die Schatten dunkeln,
Stern [an]2 Stern erwacht:
Welch ein Hauch der Sehnsucht
Flutet [in der]3 Nacht!

Durch das [Meer]4 der Träume
Steuert ohne Ruh',
[Steuert]5 meine Seele
Deiner Seele zu.

Die sich dir ergeben,
Nimm sie ganz dahin!
Ach, du weißt, daß nimmer
Ich [mein]6 eigen bin.

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Für Musik", appears in Juniuslieder, in Lieder

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Juniuslieder, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 34.

1 Lewy: "Wenn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Bolko von Hochberg: "bei"
3 Bolko von Hochberg, Hermann, Rubinstein, Schachner, Zumpe: "durch die"
4 Bolko von Hochberg: "Reich"
5 Hermann: "Sehnend"
6 Schachner: "mir"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
1. Now the shadows are darkening
Language: English 
Now the shadows are darkening
star after star is waking up:
what a breath of longing
is flooding through the night!

Across the sea of dreams,
steering ceaselessly
my soul is steering
towards your soul.

Anything that surrenders to you
is to be taken completely.
Oh, you know, that I am no longer
my own.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2005 by Malcolm Wren, (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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Line count: 12
Word count: 55

Translation © by Malcolm Wren
2. Vöglein wohin so schnell  [sung text not yet checked]
by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Vöglein wohin so schnell", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Wien, Schreiber
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Vöglein, wohin so schnell?
„Nach Norden, nach Norden!
Dort scheint die [Sonne]1 [nun so]2 hell,
Dort ist's nun Frühling [worden]3.“

O Vöglein mit den Flügeln bunt,
Und wenn du kommst zum Lindengrund,
Zum Hause meiner [Lieben]4,
Dann sag' ihr, daß ich Tag und Nacht
Von ihr geträumt, an sie gedacht,
Und daß ich treu geblieben.

Und die Blumen im Thal,
Grüss tausend, tausendmal!

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 16

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel, Zutphen, Thieme'sche Buchhandlung, 1873, pages 59-60.

1 Henkel: "Sonn'"
2 Thuille: "so"
3 Franz, Keller, Thuille: "geworden"
4 Franz, Heidingsfeld, Keller: "Liebe"; Thuille: "Liebsten"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
2. Little bird, where are you going so quickly?
Language: English 
 Little bird, where are you going so quickly?
 "To the north, to the north!
 There the sun is shining now so brightly,
 and there it has already become springtime."
 O little bird with colorful wings,
 when you come to the valley of linden trees,
 to the house of my beloved,
 tell her that day and night
 I dream about her and think about her,
 and that I have remained faithful.
 And to the flowers in the valley,
 greet them a thousand times!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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Line count: 12
Word count: 83

Translation © by Emily Ezust
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