English translations of Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 1

by August Lucae

1. Juchhe!  [sung text not yet checked]
by August Lucae , "Juchhe!", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1!
Das wissen die Vögelein:
Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder,
Und [singen so fröhliche]2 Lieder
In den blauen Himmel hinein.

Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1!
Das wissen die Flüss' und [die Seen]3:
Sie [malen]4 im klaren Spiegel
Die Gärten [und Städt' und]5 Hügel,
Und die [Wolken]6, die drüber [geh'n]7!

[Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,]8
Und [Kinder und and're]9 Leut'!
Und [wer's]10 nicht malt, der singt es,
Und [wer's]10 nicht singt, dem klingt es
[In dem Herzen vor]11 lauter Freud'!

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Confirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.

1 Messer: "so schön"
2 Stöckhardt: "singen fröhliche"
3 Blech, Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer, Reger, Reinecke: "Seen"
4 Blech: "malen's"
5 Reger: "und"; Reinecke: "und Städte und"
6 Blech: "weißen Wolken"
7 Reinecke: "zieh'n"
8 Reinecke: "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!"
9 Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer: "es wissen's viel and're"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "es wissen's viel andere"; Reinecke: "wissen's viel and're"
10 Blech, Reinecke: "wer es"
11 Blech, Brahms, Reinecke: "Im Herzen vor"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "Im Herzen voll"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
1. How beautiful the earth is!
Language: English 
 How beautiful, how beautiful the earth is!
 The little birds know that;
 They lift their airy feathers
 And sing such joyous songs,
 And sing unto the blue heavens.

 How beautiful, how beatiful the earth is!
 The rivers and lakes know this;
 They paint in their clear mirrors
 The gardens and cities and hills,
 And the clouds that drift above!

 And singers and painters know it,
 And so do many other folk;
 And he who does not paint it, sings it,
 And he who does not sing it,
 His heart rings with it in sheer joy!

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  • by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "How beautiful the earth is!", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Es war ein alter König  [sung text not yet checked]
by August Lucae , "Es war ein alter König", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war ein alter König,
sein Herz war schwer, sein [Haupt]1 war grau;
der arme alte König,
er nahm eine junge Frau.

Es war ein [schöner]2 Page,
blond war sein [Haupt]3, leicht war sein Sinn;
er trug die [seid'ne]4 Schleppe
der jungen Königin.

Kennst du das alte Liedchen?
Es klingt so süß, es klingt so trüb!
Sie mußten beide sterben,
sie hatten sich viel zu lieb.

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Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von H. Heine, Zweite Auflage, Hamburg, bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1844, page 28.

1 Diepenbrock: "Haar"
2 Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Zemlinsky: "junger"
3 Wolfrum: "Haar"
4 Goldschmidt: "seidene"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. There was an old king
Language: English 
 There was an old king,
 his heart was heavy, his head was gray;
 the poor, old king,
 he took a young wife.
 
 There was a handsome pageboy,
 blond was his hair, light was his manner;
 he carried the silk train
 of the young queen.
 
 Do you know this old song?
 It sounds so sweet, it sounds so troubled!
 They both had to die,
 for they loved each other too much.

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3. Curiose Geschichte  [sung text not yet checked]
by August Lucae , "Curiose Geschichte", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich bin [einmal etwas hinausspaziert]1,
Da ist mir ein närrisch Ding passiert:
Ich sah einen Jäger am Waldeshang,
Ritt auf und nieder den See entlang;
Viel Hirsche sprangen am Wege dicht;
Was tat der Jäger? -- Er schoß sie nicht,
Er blies ein Lied in den Wald hinein --
Nun sagt mir, ihr [Leut']2, was soll das sein?

Und als ich weiter bin fort spaziert,
Ist wieder ein [närrisches]3 Ding mir passiert:
In kleinem Kahn eine Fischerin
Fuhr stets am [Waldeshange]4 dahin;
Rings sprangen die [Fischlein]5 im Abendlicht;
Was tat das Mädchen? -- Sie fing sie nicht,
Sie sang ein Lied in den Wald hinein --
Nun sagt mir, ihr [Leut']2, was soll das sein?

Und als [ich wieder zurück spaziert]6,
Da ist mir das närrischste Ding passiert:
Ein leeres Pferd mir entgegen kam,
Im See ein leerer Nachen schwamm,
Und als ich ging an den Erlen vorbei,
Was hört' ich drinnen ? -- Da flüsterten Zwei,
Und 's war schon spät und Mondenschein --
Nun sagt mir, ihr [Leut']2, was [soll]7 das sein?

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Confirmed with Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichungen seiner Freunde, Neuherausgegeben von Adolf Bothe, München: Verlag Rösl u. Cie, 1919, pages 23-24.

1 Seiffert: "einmal hinausspaziert"(according to Hofmeister); Wallnöfer: "einmal Abends hinausspaziert"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Millöcker: "Leute"
3 Millöcker, Reissiger: "närrisch"
4 Reissiger: "Waldeshang"
5 Reissiger: "Fische"
6 Reissiger: "eine Stunde ich fortspaziert"
7 Reissiger: "sollt'"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
3. Curious story
Language: English 
[I once went out for a little]1 walk,
And something odd happened to me:
I saw a hunter at the forest edge,
Along the lake he rode back and forth;
Many deer were leaping close by his path;
What did the hunter do? -- He did not shoot them,
He trumpeted a song into the forest --
Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean?

And as I walked on a bit,
Something odd again happened to me:
A fisher-maiden in a little boat
Sailed continually along the forest edge;
All around her the little fish leapt in the evening light;
What did the maiden do? -- She did not catch them,
She sang a song into the forest --
Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean?

And when was I walking back again,
The oddest thing happened to me:
A riderless horse came toward me,
In the lake there floated an empty barque,
And as I walked along the alders,
What did I hear among them? -- Two people were whispering there,
And it was already late and there was moonlight --
Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean?

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Translations of title(s):
"Curiose Geschichte" = "Curious story"
"Ich bin einmal etwas hinausspaziert " = "I once went out for a little walk"
"Kuriose Geschichte" = "Curious story"
"Närrisches Ding" = "An odd thing"
"Seltsame Geschichte" = "Unusual story"

1 Seiffert: "I once went out for a"(according to Hofmeister); Wallnöfer: "One evening I went out for a "; further changes may exist not shown above.


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4. Aus "Die Blumen des Waldes" (nach der Schlacht bei Flodden)
by August Lucae , "Aus "Die Blumen des Waldes" (nach der Schlacht bei Flodden)", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kein Ernte-Reigen
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by Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898)
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