English translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 7
by Paul Grüttner
Der Herbstwind rüttelt die Bäume, Die Nacht ist feucht und kalt; Gehüllt im grauen Mantel Reite ich einsam im Wald. Und wie ich reite, so reiten Mir die Gedanken voraus; Sie tragen mich leicht und luftig Nach meiner Liebsten Haus. Die Hunde bellen, die Diener Erscheinen mit Kerzengeflirr; Die Wendeltreppe stürm' ich Hinauf mit Sporengeklirr. Im leuchtenden Teppichgemache, Da ist es so duftig und warm, Da harret meiner die Holde, Ich fliege in ihren Arm. Es säuselt der Wind in den Blättern, Es spricht der Eichenbaum: Was willst Du, törichter Reiter, Mit deinem törichten Traum?
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 58
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 161.
The autumn wind shakes the trees, The night is damp and cold; Wrapped in a grey coat I ride alone in the forest. And while I'm riding, My thoughts rush forward; They carry me, light and easily To the house of my beloved. The dogs bark, the servants appear with flick'ring candles, I run up the winding stairs With jingling spurs. The wind murmurs through the leaves, The oak-tree speaks: "What is it you want, you foolish rider, With your foolish dreams?"
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Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen, Das einst die Liebste sang, [So will mir die Brust]1 zerspringen [Vor]2 wildem [Schmerzendrang.]3 [Es treibt mich]4 ein dunkles Sehnen Hinauf [zur]5 Waldeshöh', Dort löst sich auf in Tränen Mein übergroßes Weh'.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 40
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 145.
1 Meyerbeer: "Will mir das Herz"2 Schumann: "Von"
3 Franz, Hinrichs: "Schmerzensdrang"
4 Meyerbeer: "Mich treibt"
5 Hinrichs: "zu der"
I hear the dear song sounding That once my beloved sang. And my heart wants to burst so strongly From the savage pressure of pain. A dark longing is driving me Up into the heights of the woods Where in my tears can be dissolved My own colossal woe.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Paul Hindemith, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 40
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