English translations of Leid und Freud' : Vier Gesänge , opus 1
by Gustav Adolf Kölla (1822 - 1905)
1. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Adolf Kölla (1822 - 1905), "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen", op. 1 (Leid und Freud' : Vier Gesänge ) no. 1, published 1856
Language: German (Deutsch)
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"
by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. I hear the dear song sounding
Language: English
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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2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Adolf Kölla (1822 - 1905), "Aus meinen Tränen sprießen", op. 1 (Leid und Freud' : Vier Gesänge ) no. 3, published 1856
Language: German (Deutsch)
Aus meinen Tränen sprießen Viel blühende Blumen hervor, Und meine Seufzer werden Ein Nachtigallenchor. Und wenn du mich lieb hast, Kindchen, Schenk' ich dir die Blumen all', Und vor deinem Fenster soll klingen Das Lied der Nachtigall.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 2
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 113.
by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. From my tears sprout forth
Language: English
From my tears sprout forth Many blooming flowers, And my sighing become joined with The chorus of the nightingales. And if you love me, dear child, I will send you so many flowers; And before your window should sound The song of the nightingale.
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