English translations of Fünf Lieder für hohe Stimme, opus 1
by Rudolf Semmler (1904 - 1988)
Mir zittern die Saiten Und stimmen die Weise an, Die ich für dich vorzeiten, Die ich für dich in einem Mai Aus lauter Glück ersann. Ich führe den Bogen So scheu und leis gespannt, Wie ich ihn da gezogen, Da ich in einer fernen Nacht Vor deinem Fenster stand. Mein Herz ist beklommen Von Liedern andrer Zeit -- Weiß Gott, wie das gekommen, Daß mir aus deiner Liebe ward So eitel Weh und Leid.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Con sordino", written 1899, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in An die Schönheit, in Der Geiger, no. 2, first published 1919
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Your strings tremble for me And begin to sound the lay That I for you long ago, That I for you once in a May Created from pure happiness. I draw the bow [across the strings] So shyly and gently taut, As I drew it there When in a distant night I stood before your window. My heart is oppressed By songs of another time. God knows how it happened That your love created for me Such pure pain and sorrow.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Con sordino", written 1899, appears in Neue deutsche Lyriker III , in An die Schönheit, in Der Geiger, no. 2, first published 1919
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