English translations of Drei Männerchöre, opus 166

by Ludwig Liebe (1819 - 1900)

1. Lockung  [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Liebe (1819 - 1900), "Lockung", op. 166 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Hug
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen
Draußen durch die stille Rund?
Lockts dich nicht, hinabzulauschen
Von dem Söller in den Grund,
Wo die vielen Bäche gehen
Wunderbar im Mondenschein
Wo die stillen Schlösser sehen
In den Fluß vom hohen Stein?

Kennst du noch die irren Lieder
Aus der alten, schönen Zeit?
Sie erwachen alle wieder
Nachts in Waldeseinsamkeit,
Wenn die Bäume träumend lauschen
Und der Flieder duftet schwül
Und im Fluß die Nixen rauschen -
Komm herab, hier ist's so kühl.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
1. Can't you hear the forest rustle
Language: English 
Can't you hear the forest rustle
outside through the quiet round?
Aren't you tempted to listen
down from the balcony to the ground
where the many brooks flow
wondrously in moonlight -
where the silent castles look
into the river from the high rock?

Do you remember the mad songs
from former, beautiful times?
They all awake again at night,
in the loneliness of the forest,
when the dreaming trees are listening
and the lilac has a sultry scent
and in the river the mermaids murmur:
come down, here it is so cool.

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2. Wanderlust  [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Liebe (1819 - 1900), "Wanderlust", op. 166 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 3 [ four-part men's chorus ], Gebrüder Hug & Co. in Leipzig und Zürich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nun gebt mir meinen Wanderstab
nun will ich wieder wandern
mit frischem Mut, bergauf, bergan
von einem Strom zum andern!
Die letzte bange Träne fällt
in diesen lichten Tagen -
O grüner Wald, o grüne Welt
helft mir die Wonne tragen!

Ade, du stilles Kämmerlein
mit deinem Gram und Leiden!
Willkommen warmer Sonnenschein
mit deiner Lust und Freuden!
Die erste Freudenträne fällt
in diesen lichten Tagen -
O grüner Wald, o grüne Welt
helft mir die Wonne tragen!

Es streut der junge Frühlingstag
das Grün aus vollen Händen;
wohin ich immer ziehen mag
es blüht an allen Enden.
Aufs Wandern ist mein Sinn gestellt
seit langen langen Tagen -
O grüner Wald, o grüne Welt
helft mir die Wonne tragen!

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Confirmed with Europa: Chronik der gebildeten Welt, ed. by F. Gustav Kühne, Leipzig: Carl B. Lorck, 1862, page 1416. Appears in issue no. 44.


by Carl Gärtner (1821 - 1875)
2. Wanderlust
Language: English 
Give me now my walking staff
I would now like to go hiking
With fresh vigor, uphill, downhill
From one stream to the next!
The last anxious tear would fall
In these bright days – 
O green forest, o verdant world
Help me bear the delight!

Farewell, little quiet room
With your cares and woes!
Welcome, warm sunshine,
With your passion and joys!
The first blissful tears would fall
In these bright days – 
O green forest, o verdant world
Help me bear the delight!

The young spring day strews
Greenness from its overflowing hands;
Wherever I take myself
It is always blooming endlessly.
My mind has been fixed on hiking
For many, many days – 
O green forest, o verdant world
Help me bear the delight!

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Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingswandern" = "Hiking in Spring"
"Im Frühling" = "In the Spring"
"Nun gebt mir meinen Wanderstab" = "Give me now my walking staff"
"Wanderlied" = "Hiking Song"
"Wanderlust" = "Wanderlust"



This text was added to the website: 2023-01-15
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Translation © by Michael P Rosewall