English translations of Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 9

by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917)

1. Es kommt zu spät  [sung text not yet checked]
by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Es kommt zu spät", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es kommt zu spät, was du mir lächelst,
Was du mir seufzest, kommt zu spät!
Längst sind gestorben die Gefühle,
Die du so grausam einst verschmäht.

Zu spät kommt deine Gegenliebe!
Es fallen auf mein Herz herab
All deine heißen Liebesblicke,
Wie Sonnenstrahlen auf [ein]1 Grab.

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Nur wissen möcht ich: wenn wir sterben,
Wohin dann unsre Seele geht?
Wo ist das Feuer, das erloschen?
Wo ist der Wind, der schon verweht?

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1 Mai: "mein"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1.
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2. Bitte  [sung text not yet checked]
by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Bitte", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weil' auf mir, du dunkles Auge,
Übe deine ganze Macht,
Ernste, milde, [träumerische]1,
Unergründlich süße Nacht!

Nimm mit deinem Zauberdunkel
Diese Welt von hinnen mir,
Daß du über meinem Leben
Einsam schwebest für und für.

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau's sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [1883], page 11.

1 Bolko von Hochberg: "zauberische"; Sjögren: "träumereiche"

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
2. Linger on me, dark eyes
Language: English 
Linger on me, dark eyes -
exert your entire power,
somber, mild, dream-like,
unfathomably sweet night.

With your magic darkness
take from me this world,
so that above my life
you alone will float forever and ever.

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3. Nebel  [sung text not yet checked]
by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Nebel", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du, trüber Nebel, [hüllest]1 mir
Das Tal mit seinem Fluß,
Den Berg mit seinem Waldrevier,
[Und jeden]2 Sonnengruß.

Nimm fort in deine graue Nacht
Die Erde weit und breit!
Nimm fort, was mich so traurig macht,
Auch die Vergangenheit.

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1 Strauss: "hüllst"
2 Strauss: "Mit jedem"

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
3. Fog
Language: English 
You dreary fog, you shroud for me
The valley with its river,
The mountain with its forest range
[And]1 every greeting of the sun.
 
Take away into your grey night
The earth, far and wide!
Take away that which makes me so sad,
The past as well.

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Translated titles:
"Nebel" = "Fog"
"Du trüber Nebel hüllest mir" = "You dreary fog, you shroud for me"

1 Strauss: "with"


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4. Zuleima  [sung text not yet checked]
by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Zuleima", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Rinnt aufs Herz, ihr Thränentropfen;
Dann wird ja das süße Herzchen
Sehnsuchtvoll nach Abdul klopfen.

  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Spielt ums Ohr, ihr Seufzer trübe;
Dann träumt ja das blonde Köpfchen
Heimlich süß von Abduls Liebe.

  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Ström aufs Händchen, Herzblutquelle;
Dann trägt ja ihr süßes Händchen,
Abduls [Herzblut]1 rot und helle.

  Ach! der Schmerz ist stumm geboren,
Ohne Zunge in dem Munde,
Hat nur Thränen, hat nur Seufzer,
Und nur Blut aus Herzenswunde.

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1 Klein: "Name"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
4. Zuleima
Language: English 
  You teardrops, rain down upon 
The heart of my sleeping Zuleima;
For then the sweet little heart
Shall throb yearningly for Abdul.

  You dreary sighs, play about
The ear of my sleeping Zuleima;
Then the little blonde head shall 
Secretly, sweetly dream of Abdul’s love.

  Stream, wellspring of my heart’s blood,
Upon the little hand of my sleeping Zuleima;
Then the sweet little hand shall bear
Abdul’s [heart’s blood]1 red and bright.

  Ah! pain is born mute,
Without a tongue in its mouth,
It has only tears, has only sighs,
And only blood from the wound of the heart.

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"Ständchen eines Mauren" = "Serenade of a Moor"
"Zuleima" = "Zuleima"
"Meiner schlafenden Zuleima" = "To my sleeping Zuleima"
"Mauren-Ständchen" = "Moorish serenade"

1 Klein: "name"


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5. Der gute Glaube   [sung text not yet checked]
by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Der gute Glaube ", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schönes Leben! du liegst krank, und das Herz ist mir
  Müd vom Weinen und schon dämmert die Furcht in mir,
     Doch, doch kann ich nicht glauben, 
        Daß du sterbest, so lang du liebst.

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Confirmed with Friedrich Hölderlin, Sämtliche Gedichte und Hyperion, Frankfurt am Main & Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1999, page 200.


by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
5.
Language: English 
My splendid life! you are failing, and my heart is
     Sad from weeping and the flames of passion have already dimmed in me,
	Really, really, I can’t believe it, 
		That you could pass away, you who loved so fully.

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