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English translations of Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 10

by Max Fiedler (1859 - 1939)

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1. Vorfrühling  [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Fiedler (1859 - 1939), "Vorfrühling", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published [1913] [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es [läuft]1 der Frühlingswind
Durch kahle Alleen,
Seltsame Dinge sind
In seinem [Wehn]2.

Er hat sich gewiegt,
Wo Weinen war,
Und hat sich geschmiegt
In zerrüttetes Haar.

Er [schüttelte]3 nieder
Akazienblüten
Und [kühlte]4 die Glieder,
Die atmend glühten.

Lippen im Lachen
Hat er berührt,
Die weichen und wachen
Fluren durchspürt.

Er glitt durch die Flöte,
Als schluchzender Schrei,
An dämmernder Röte
Flog er vorbei.

Er flog mit Schweigen
Durch flüsternde Zimmer
Und löschte im Neigen
Der Ampel Schimmer.

Es läuft der Frühlingswind
Durch kahle Alleen,
Seltsame Dinge sind
In seinem Wehn.

Durch die glatten
Kahlen Alleen
Treibt sein [Wehen]5
Blasse Schatten

Und den Duft,
Den er gebracht,
Von wo er gekommen
Seit gestern nacht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Vorfrühling"

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Confirmed with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Sämtliche Werke. Kritische Ausgabe, Herausgegeben von Rudolf Hirsch, Clemens Köttelwesch, Heinz Rölleke, Ernst Zinn, Band 1, Gedichte I, Herausgegeben von Eugene Weber, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 1984, pages 26-27.

Note: the ONB has three handwritten scores of Müller-Hermann's op. 32 no. 1; copy 1 & 2 use Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Vorfrühling" as shown above, while in the third copy the title "Vorfrühling" is struck out and replaced by "Am Strand". The text is not struck out, but under it is written in red ink another text, perhaps by the composer. This title and first line matches the entry in the 1939 Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht published by Hofmeister for op. 32 no. 1, so we have included it in the opus and have added the letter 'a' to distinguish it from the text above. We have also added the letter 'b' to the "Vorfrühling" setting's opus information.

1 Franckenstein: "weht"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Müller-Hermann: "Wehen"
3 Müller-Hermann: "schüttelt"
4 Müller-Hermann: "kühlt"
5 Frankenburger: "Wehn"

by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929)
1. Early spring
Language: English 
The springtime wind is [running]1
Through bare, tree-lined roads,
Curious things are
In its blowing.

It rocked itself 
Where there was weeping.
And nestled up to
Disordered hair.

It shook down
Acacia blossoms
And cooled the limbs
That glowed, breathing [heavily].

It touched
Laughing lips,
It felt its way through
The soft and watchful leas.

It glided through the flute
As a sobbing cry,
It flew past
Dawning redness.

Silently it flew 
Through whispering rooms
And, inclining itself, extinguished
The shimmer of the lamp.

The springtime wind is running
Through bare, tree-lined roads,
Curious things are
In its blowing.

Through the smooth,
Bare, tree-lined roads,
Its blowing chases 
Pale shadows

And the scent 
That it brought
From whence it came
Since yesterday night.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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1 Franckenstein: "blowing"; further changes may exist not shown above.


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Word count: 124

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
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