English translations of Zwei Männerchöre, opus 35

by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930)

1. Sängers Trost  [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "Sängers Trost", op. 35 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1898 [ ttbb chorus ], Köln: Ullrich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weint auch einst [kein Liebchen]1
Tränen auf mein Grab,
Träufeln doch die Blumen
[Milden]2 Tau hinab;

Weilt an ihm kein Wandrer
Im [Vorüberziehn]3,
Blickt auf seiner Reise
Doch der Mond [dahin]4.

Denkt auf diesen Fluren
Bald kein [Erdner mein]5,
Denkt doch mein die Aue
Und der stille Hain.

Blumen, Hain und Aue,
Stern und Mondenlicht,
Die ich sang, vergessen
Ihres Sängers nicht.

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Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, pages 129-130.

1 Bohm: "ein Lieber"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Leberl: "Mir den"
3 Ashton, Dessauer, Fibich, Frisch, Platz, Randhartinger, Schumann, Voegely-Nünlist: "Vorüberlauf"
4 Ashton, Baldamus, Dessauer, Fibich, Platz, Randhartinger, Schumann, Voegely-Nünlist: "darauf"; Lang: "auf ihn"; Zumsteeg: "nach ihm"
5 Leberl: "Erdner"

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
1. Singer's [Poet's] comfort
Language: English 
Even if someday no beloved
Weeps tears onto my grave,
The flowers still drop down
Their [gentle dew]1.

Even if no wanderer
Lingers there while passing by,
The moon during its journey
Looks down upon that place.

Even if on these fields
Soon no earthling remembers me,
The meadow and the quiet grove
Do remember me.

Flowers, grove, and meadow,
Star- and moonlight,
Of whom I once sang [in my poems],
Do not forget their singer [poet].

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1 Leberl: "dew for me"


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2. Der Frühling wird wach  [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "Der Frühling wird wach", op. 35 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1898 [ ttbb chorus ], Köln: Ullrich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es steigen die Glöckchen
Aus schmelzendem Eis
Und schütteln die Röckchen,
Halb grün und halb weiss.
Es knarren die Eichen,
Befreit rauscht der Bach,
Die Kälte will weichen,
Der Frühling wird wach!

Die Mutter Sibylle
Tut's Schiebfenster auf
Und schaut durch die Brille
Zum Giebel hinauf.
Zwei Kätzelein schleichen
Verliebt über's Dach,
Die Kälte will weichen,
Der Frühling wird wach!

Was kommt dort getänzelt,
Trägt Söckel am Schuh?
Es trippelt und schwänzelt
Und kichert mir zu.
Verheissendes Zeichen,
Beherzt folg' ich nach,
Die Kälte will weichen,
Der Frühling wird wach!

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Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Spielmannslieder, Leipzig: Verlag von A. G. Liebeskind, 1883, pages 70-71.


by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905)
2. Spring awakes
Language: English 
The dear snowdrops
Arise from the melting ice
And shake their little skirts,
Half green and half white.
The oaks are creaking,
Freed, the brook flows,
Coldness wishes to depart,
Spring awakes!

Mother Sibyl
Opens the sliding window
And, through her glasses,
She gazes up toward the gable.
Two little cats who are in love
Creep over the roof,
Coldness wishes to depart,
Spring awakes!

Who comes dancing along there
Wearing decorations on her shoes?
There is a tripping and a wagging
And a giggling at me.
A prophetic sign,
Heartened I follow,
Coldness wishes to depart,
Spring awakes!

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"Der Frühling ist wach" = "Spring is awake"
"Der Frühling wird wach" = "Spring awakes"



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