English translations of Männerchöre, opus 8

by Andreas Schaeffer (1868 - 1939)

1. O Blätter, dürre Blätter  [sung text not yet checked]
by Andreas Schaeffer (1868 - 1939), "O Blätter, dürre Blätter", op. 8 (Männerchöre) no. ? [ men's chorus a cappella ], Stuttgart: G. A. Zumsteeg
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[O]1 Blätter, dürre Blätter!
[Wie]2 trauert ihr so sehr!
Als ihr noch gabet grünen Schein —
Da war mein lieber Schatz noch mein,
Den hab' ich nimmermehr.

O Blätter, dürre Blätter!
[Ihr]3 habt ihn oft gesehn,
[Wie]4 er [mir Treu geschworen]5 hat —
Ach! kann [denn]6 Liebe wie ein Blatt
In einem Jahr vergehn?

O Blätter, dürre Blätter!
[Es]7 war ein falscher Knab'.
Euch klag' ich es, ihr schweiget still —
Wie lieb ich ihn noch hab'.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Pfau. Dritte Auflage und Gesammtausgabe., Stuttgart, G. J. Göschen'sche Verlagshandlung, 1874, page 116.

1 Stiehl: "Ihr"; Worms: "Ach" - further changes for both may exist not noted.
2 Hölzel: "Ach wie"
3 Hölzel: "Ach ihr"
4 Zemlinsky: "Wann"
5 Hiller, Hölzel: "so heiss geküsst mich"; Zemlinsky: "mir Treu versprochen"
6 Zemlinsky: "die"
7 Hölzel: "Ach es"

by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894)
1. O leaves, withered leaves
Language: English 
 O leaves, withered leaves!
 How very mournful you are!
 When you still had a green gleam,
 my dear treasure still was mine -
 he whom I have no longer.
 
 O leaves, withered leaves!
 You had seen him so often,
 when he promised to be true -
 alas! can Love, like a leaf,
 pass away in only one year?
 
 O leaves, withered leaves!
 He was a false boy;
 If I lament to you, you will keep silent,
 for I will tell no one else
 how much I love him still.

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