English translations of Drei Chorgesänge für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte, opus 103

by Carl Friedrich August Hering (1819 - 1889)

1. Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam   [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Friedrich August Hering (1819 - 1889), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam ", op. 103 (Drei Chorgesänge für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1869 [ SA chorus and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein [Fichtenbaum]1 steht einsam
Im Norden auf kahler Höh';
Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke
Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee.

Er träumt von einer Palme,
Die fern im Morgenland,
Einsam und [schweigend]2 trauert
Auf brennender Felsenwand.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.

1 Biegeleben: "Tannenbaum"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Marx: "schweigsam"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. A spruce-tree stands alone
Language: English 
 A spruce-tree stands alone
 in the north, on the bare heights;
 it slumbers; in a white blanket
 it is surrounded by ice and snow.
 
 It dreams of a palm tree
 which, far-off in the land of the morning,
 grieves, alone and mute,
 on a burning, rocky wall.

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2. O süße Mutter   [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Friedrich August Hering (1819 - 1889), "O süße Mutter ", op. 103 (Drei Chorgesänge für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1869 [ SA chorus and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O süße Mutter,
Ich kann nicht spinnen,
Ich kann nicht sitzen
Im Stüblein innen,
Im engen Haus;
Es stockt das Rädchen,
Es reißt das Fädchen,
O süße Mutter,
Ich muß hinaus.
 
Der Frühling gucket
Hell durch die Scheiben,
Wer kann nun sitzen,
Wer kann nun bleiben
Und fleißig sein?
O laß mich gehen,
[O]1 laß mich sehen,
Ob ich kann fliegen
[Wie]2 Vögelein.
 
O laß mich sehen,
O laß mich lauschen,
Wo Lüftlein wehen,
Wo Bächlein rauschen,
Wo Blümlein blühn.
Laß mich sie pflücken
Und schön mir schmücken
Die braunen Locken
Mit buntem Grün.
 
Und kommen Knaben
[Im]3 wilden Haufen,
So will ich traben,
So will ich laufen,
Nicht stille stehn;
Will hinter Hecken
Mich [hier]4 verstecken,
Bis sie mit Lärmen
Vorüber gehn.
 
Bringt aber Blumen
Ein frommer Knabe,
Die ich zum Kranze
Just nötig habe,
Was soll ich tun?
Darf ich wohl nickend,
Ihm freundlich blickend,
O süße Mutter,
Zur Seit' ihm ruhn?

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1 Wolf: "Und"
2 Wolf: "Wie's"
3 Wolf: "In"
4 Reinecke: "still"

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
2. Oh sweet mother
Language: English 
Oh sweet mother,
I cannot spin;
I cannot sit indoors
In the little room,
In the confining house;
The spinning-wheel halts,
The thread tears.
Oh sweet mother,
I must get out!
 
Spring is peeping
Brightly through the window-panes;
Who can then sit
And stay put now
And be industrious?
Oh let me go,
[Oh]1 let me see
If I can fly
Like [the little birds]2.
 
Oh let me go,
Oh let me listen
Where the breezes are blowing,
Where the streams are rushing,
Where the flowers are blooming.
Let me pick [the flowers]
And adorn my brown curls beautifully,
Oh sweet mother,
With vivid green.
 
And if boys come along
In a wild horde,
I will run,
I will hurry,
I will not stand still;
Behind the hedges
I will hide myself [here]3
Until they have
Noisily passed by.
 
But if a good lad
Brings flowers
That are just what I need
For my wreath,
What shall I do?
May I, nodding
And gazing at him in a friendly manner,
Oh sweet mother,
Rest at his side?

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O süße Mutter = Oh sweet mother
O süsse Mutter, ich kann nicht spinnen = Oh sweet mother, I cannot spin
Die Spinnerin = The spinning girl
1 Wolf: "And"
2 Wolf: "a little bird"
3 Reinecke: "quietly"


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3. Frühling
by Carl Friedrich August Hering (1819 - 1889), "Frühling", op. 103 (Drei Chorgesänge für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1869 [ SA chorus and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Erguss des Himmels
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