English translations of Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 10

by Carl Kleemann

1. Wenn zwei sich lieben  [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Kleemann , "Wenn zwei sich lieben", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Wann]1 Zwei sich lieben 
[Von]2 ganzem Herzen,
Die müssen ertragen 
Der Trennung Schmerzen.

[Wann]1 Zwei sich lieben 
Aus tiefster Seele,
Die müssen glauben 
An Himmelsbefehle.

[Wann]1 Zwei sich lieben 
Mit Gottesflammen,
Geschieht ein Wunder
Und bringt sie zusammen!

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1 Goldmark: "Wenn"
2 Goldmark: "Vom"

sometimes misattributed to Salomon Hermann, Ritter von Mosenthal (1821 - 1877) and by Wilhelm Jordan (1819 - 1904)
1. When two people love each other
Language: English 
When two people love each other
with all their hearts
they must endure
the pain of separation.

When two people love each other
from the depths of their souls
they must believe
in heaven's commands.

When two people love each other
with divine fire,
a miracle occurs
and brings them together!

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2. Vale carissima  [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Kleemann , "Vale carissima", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Ich bin der Mönch Waltramus]1,
Dem seliges Leid geschah, 
Ich läute die Abendglocken: 
  Vale carissima! 

Es steht eine Burg am Berge,
Wo ich die Traute sah, 
Mein Herz klingt in die Glocken:
  Vale carissima!

Fern soll mir stehen Minne,
Und stand mir doch so nah!
[Es steht ein Kloster im Tale]2,
  Vale carissima!

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Confirmed with Karl Stieler, Gesammelte Werke, Zweiter Band: Gesammelte Dichtungen (hochdeutsch), Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., Stuttgart, 1908, page 74.

1 Attenhofer, Röthig: "Es war ein Mönch Waldramus"; Klein: "Es war ein Mönch Waltramus"; Kaun: "Es war der Mönch Waltramus"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 omitted by Marx; Stöhr: "Es stand ein Kloster im Tale"

by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885)
2.
Language: English 
I am the monk Waltramus,
Who has endured rapturous suffering,
I toll the evening bells:
   Farewell, my dearest!

There is a fortress on the mountain,
Where I saw the beloved,
My heart resounds within the bells:
   Farewell, my dearest!

My love must remain afar from me,
And yet stood so near!
There is a cloister in the valley,
   Farewell, my dearest!

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Translation of title "Vale" = "Farewell"


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3. An die Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Kleemann , "An die Nacht", op. 10 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Beginne]1 deine heilge Feier,
erleuchte dich mit Sternenpracht,
o hülle mich in deine Schleier,
du linde Nacht!

Das wilde Herz, das ziellos irrte,
geleite du zur selgen Ruh',
und was der laute Tag verwirrte,
beschwichtge du!

O mindre du der Sehnsucht Fülle,
o lindre du der Sehnsucht Pein,
o führ' in meines Busens Stille
den Himmel ein!

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Confirmed with Wolffs Poetischer Hausschatz des Deutschen Volkes, völlig erneut durch Dr. Heinrich Fränkel, Einunddreißigste Auflage, Leipzig: Otto Wigand Verlagsbuchhandlung und Buchdruckerei m.b.H., [1907], page 874.

1 Dietrich: "Beginn'"; further changes may exist not shown above.

by Michael Bernays (1834 - 1897)
3. To the night
Language: English 
Begin your holy celebration,
illuminate yourself with the splendour of the stars,
oh, envelop me in your veils,
you gentle night! 

My wild heart, that strayed about aimlessly,
may you guide it to blessed peace,
and what the loud day confounded,
may you appease.

Oh diminish the plenitude of yearning,
oh assuage the pain of yearning,
oh bring Heaven into 
the silence of my bosom!

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