English translations of Zwei Gesänge für Sopran-Solo und Männerchor, opus 74
by Alfred Dregert (1836 - 1893)
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1. Abendlied [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Dregert (1836 - 1893), "Abendlied", op. 74 (Zwei Gesänge für Sopran-Solo und Männerchor) no. 1, published 1885 [ soprano and men's chorus ], Leipzig, Leuckart
Language: German (Deutsch)
Abendlich [schon]1 rauscht der Wald Aus den [tiefsten]2 Gründen, Droben wird der Herr nun bald [An die Sternlein zünden]3, Wie so stille in den Schlünden, Abendlich nur rauscht der Wald. Alles geht zu seiner Ruh, [Wald und Welt versausen]4, Schauernd hört der Wandrer zu, Sehnt sich [recht]5 nach Hause, Hier in Waldes [grüner]6 Klause Herz, geh' [endlich auch]7 zur Ruh!
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abschied", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, W. Simion in Berlin, 1843, page 382.
1 Fischer: "nur"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Walter: "tiefen"
3 Franz: "Die Stern' anzünden"; Walter: "An die Sterne zünden"
4 Hensel: "Wie die Welt verbrause"
5 Franz: "wohl", Hensel: "tief"
6 Franz: "stiller"
7 Franz: "endlich du auch"
by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
1. Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood
Language: English
Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood from the deepest grounds; above the lord will now soon light the stars. How silent in the chasms! Just evening breezes in the wood. Everything goes to its rest. [Wood and world vanish]1; shuddering, the wanderer listens, [yearning]2 for home. Here in the [green]3 hermitage of the forest, Heart, at last, you too go to rest.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Abschied", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hensel: "as the world fades away"
2 Hensel: "yearning deeply"
3 Franz: "quiet"
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Word count: 66
Translation © by Jakob Kellner
2. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Dregert (1836 - 1893), "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön", op. 74 (Zwei Gesänge für Sopran-Solo und Männerchor) no. 2, published 1885 [ soprano and men's chorus ], Leipzig, Leuckart
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1! Das wissen die Vögelein: Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder, Und [singen so fröhliche]2 Lieder In den blauen Himmel hinein. Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1! Das wissen die Flüss' und [die Seen]3: Sie [malen]4 im klaren Spiegel Die Gärten [und Städt' und]5 Hügel, Und die [Wolken]6, die drüber [geh'n]7! [Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,]8 Und [Kinder und and're]9 Leut'! Und [wer's]10 nicht malt, der singt es, Und [wer's]10 nicht singt, dem klingt es [In dem Herzen vor]11 lauter Freud'!
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.
1 Messer: "so schön"2 Stöckhardt: "singen fröhliche"
3 Blech, Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer, Reger, Reinecke: "Seen"
4 Blech: "malen's"
5 Reger: "und"; Reinecke: "und Städte und"
6 Blech: "weißen Wolken"
7 Reinecke: "zieh'n"
8 Reinecke: "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!"
9 Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer: "es wissen's viel and're"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "es wissen's viel andere"; Reinecke: "wissen's viel and're"
10 Blech, Reinecke: "wer es"
11 Blech, Brahms, Reinecke: "Im Herzen vor"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "Im Herzen voll"
by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
2. How beautiful the earth is!
Language: English
How beautiful, how beautiful the earth is! The little birds know that; They lift their airy feathers And sing such joyous songs, And sing unto the blue heavens. How beautiful, how beatiful the earth is! The rivers and lakes know this; They paint in their clear mirrors The gardens and cities and hills, And the clouds that drift above! And singers and painters know it, And so do many other folk; And he who does not paint it, sings it, And he who does not sing it, His heart rings with it in sheer joy!
Text Authorship:
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "How beautiful the earth is!", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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Line count: 15
Word count: 96
Translation © by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)