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English translations of Vier Gesänge für 1 Alt-Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, opus 4

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

1. Mit deinen blauen Augen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Mit deinen blauen Augen", op. 4 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Alt-Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ alto and piano ], Wien, Schreiber
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Mit deinen blauen Augen
Siehst du mich [lieblich]1 an,
Da ward mir so träumend zu Sinne,
Daß ich nicht sprechen kann.
 
  An deinen blauen Augen
Gedenk' ich allerwärts: --
Ein Meer von blauen Gedanken
Ergießt sich über mein Herz.

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 18, first published 1830

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 245.

1 Würz: "freundlich"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. With your blue eyes
Language: English 
With your blue eyes
You look at me lovingly,
Then my senses grow so dreamy
That I cannot speak.

Of your blue eyes
I am reminded everywhere:
A sea of blue thoughts
Pours forth over my heart.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Lawrence Snyder and Rebecca Plack, (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: 8
Word count: 37

Translation © by Lawrence Snyder, Rebecca Plack
2. Der Asra  [sung text not yet checked]
by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Der Asra", op. 4 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Alt-Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ alto and piano ], Wien, Schreiber
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Täglich ging die wunderschöne 
Sultanstochter auf und nieder 
Um die Abendzeit am Springbrunn,
Wo die weißen Wasser plätschern.

  Täglich stand der junge Sklave
Um die Abendzeit am Springbrunn.
Wo die weißen Wasser plätschern;
Täglich ward er bleich und bleicher.

  Eines Abends trat die Fürstin 
Auf ihn zu mit raschen Worten:
"Deinen Namen will ich wissen, 
Deine Heimat, deine Sippschaft!"

  Und der Sklave sprach: "Ich heiße
[Mohamed]1, [ich]2 bin aus Yemen,
Und mein Stamm sind jene Asra,
Welche sterben, wenn sie lieben."

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Der Asra", appears in Romanzero, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Historien, no. 15

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 392.

1 Loewe, Rubinstein: "Mahomet"
2 Loewe: "und"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. The Asra
Language: English 
Every day the wondrous lovely
Sultan's daughter spent the evening
On the paths beside the fountain
Where the foaming waters murmur.

Every day the slave boy watched her
On the paths beside the fountain
Where the foaming waters murmur;
Every day he turned more pallid.

Then one eve the princess halted,
Firing off the urgent questions:
What's your name? I want to know it,
And your country and your people!

And the slave boy said: They call me
Mohammed, I'm from the Yemen,
And my tribe -- the famous Asra,
They who die when love enslaves them.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Peter Palmer, (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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Note: this is a revised American version of the one published with the David Blake setting.


This text was added to the website: 2009-06-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 96

Translation © by Peter Palmer
3. Das todte Herz
 (Sung text)
by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Das todte Herz", op. 4 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Alt-Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ alto and piano ], Wien, Schreiber
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du Frühlingsbote, laue Luft,
was weckest du mein Herz?
Es liegt in seiner Liebe Gruft
gehüllt in bleichen Schmerz.

Der Wehmutzeuge, Tränenblick
willst mein Verräter sein?
O tretet Tränen schnell zurück
und bleibt bei meiner Pein.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hoschek

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by Hoschek
3.
[Translation not yet available]
4. Der alte Garten  [sung text not yet checked]
by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Der alte Garten", op. 4 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Alt-Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ alto and piano ], Wien, Schreiber
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kaiserkron' und Päonien rot,
Die müssen verzaubert sein,
Denn Vater und Mutter sind lange tot,
Was blühn sie hier so allein?

Der Springbrunn plaudert noch immerfort
Von der alten schönen Zeit,
Eine Frau sitzt eingeschlafen dort,
Ihre Locken bedecken ihr Kleid.

Sie hat eine Laute in der Hand,
Als ob sie im Schlafe spricht,
Mir ist, als hätt' ich sie sonst gekannt -
Still, geh vorbei und weck sie nicht!

Und wenn es dunkelt das Tal entlang,
Streift sie die Saiten sacht,
Da gibt's einen wunderbaren Klang
Durch den Garten die ganze Nacht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der alte Garten", written 1837, appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, first published 1839

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin. Verlegt von M. Simion. 1841, page 433; and with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 648-649.

First published in Eichendorff's novella Die Entführung, Urania für 1839.


by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
4. The old garden
Language: English 
Imperial fritillaries and peonies red,
They must be under an enchantment,
For my father and mother are long dead;
Why do they bloom here thus alone?
 
The fountain still murmurs evermore
Of the old, beautiful times,
A woman, asleep, sits over there,
Her curls cover her garment.
 
She has a lute within her hand,
As if she is speaking in her sleep;
It seems to me that I once knew her -
Hush, pass by and do not wake her!
 
And when it grows dark along the valley,
She gently strokes the strings;
Then there is a wondrous sounding
Through the garden all night long.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der alte Garten", written 1837, appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, first published 1839
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
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