English translations of Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 16

by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927)

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1. Schilflied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Schilflied", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Drüben [geht]1 die Sonne scheiden,
Und der müde Tag entschlief.
[Niederhangen]2 hier die Weiden
In den Teich, so still, so tief.

Und ich muß mein Liebstes meiden:
Quill, o Thräne, quill hervor!
Traurig säuseln hier die Weiden,
Und im Winde bebt das Rohr.

[In mein stilles, tiefes Leiden]3
[Strahlst du, Ferne! hell und mild]4,
[Wie durch Binsen hier und Weiden
Strahlt des Abendsternes Bild.]5

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 13.

1 Marteau: "ging"
2 Moór: "Niederhängen"
3 Bochkoltz-Falconi: "In mein tiefes, stilles Leiden"; Lang: "Wie durch Binsen hier und Weiden"
4 Lang: "Strahlt des Abendsternes Bild"; Moór: "Strahltest du, Ferne! hell und mild"
5 Lang: "In mein stilles, tiefes Leiden/ Strahlst du, Ferne! hell und mild."

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
1. The sun is sinking over there
Language: English 
The sun is sinking over there,
and the weary day has fallen asleep.
The willows here hang down
into the pond, so still, so deep.

And I must part from my dearest;
well up, 0 tears, well up within me!
The willows rustle mournfully here,
and the reed trembles in the wind.

Into my silent, deep sorrow,
Shine, distance! bright and mild -
just as, through weeds and willows here,
the evening star's image shines.

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2. Verborgenheit  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Verborgenheit", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Laß, o Welt, o laß mich sein!
Locket nicht mit Liebesgaben,
Laßt dies Herz alleine haben
Seine Wonne, seine Pein!

Was ich traure, weiß ich nicht,
Es ist unbekanntes Wehe;
Immerdar durch Tränen sehe
Ich der Sonne liebes Licht.

Oft bin ich mir kaum bewußt,
Und die helle Freude zücket
Durch die Schwere, so mich drücket,
Wonniglich in meiner Brust.

Laß, o Welt, o laß mich sein!
Locket nicht mit Liebesgaben,
Laßt dies Herz alleine haben
Seine Wonne, seine Pein!

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 101.

Note to stanza 3, line 3: in some anthologies this line is given erroneously as "Durch die Schwere, die mich drücket."


by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
2. Seclusion
Language: English 
Oh, world, let me be!
Entice me not with gifts of love.
Let this heart in solitude have
Your bliss, your pain!

What I mourn, I know not.
It is an unknown pain;
Forever through tears shall I see
The sun's love-light.

Often, I am scarcely conscious
And the bright joys break
Through the pain, thus pressing
Delightfully into my breast.

Oh, world, let me be!
Entice me not with gifts of love.
Let this heart in solitude have
Your bliss, your pain!

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3. Glück  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Glück", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie jauchzt meine Seele
Und singet in sich!
Kaum, daß ich's verhehle,
So glücklich bin ich.

Rings Menschen sich drehen
Und sprechen gescheut,
Ich kann nichts verstehen,
So fröhlich zerstreut. -

Zu eng wird das Zimmer,
Wie glänzet das Feld,
Die Täler voll Schimmer,
Weit, herrlich die Welt!

Gepreßt bricht die Freude
Durch Riegel und Schloß,
Fort über die Heide!
Ach, hätt' ich ein Roß! -

Und frag' ich und sinn' ich,
Wie so mir geschehn? -
Mein Liebchen herzinnig,
Das soll ich heut' sehn.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
3.
Language: English 
How my soul rejoices
And sings within!
I can hardly conceal
How happy I am.

Everyone turns around
And speaks timidly,
I don’t understand anything,
So happy amused.

The room feels too close,
How the meadow gleams,
The valleys all a-shimmer,
Glorious the wide world!

Condensed, joy breaks
Through latch and lock,
Forth over the moor!
Ah, if only I had a horse!

And I ask and I ponder,
How is this happening to me?
The dearest one of my heart,
Who I will see today.

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4. Nachtreise  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Nachtreise", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich reit' ins finstre Land hinein, 
Nicht Mond noch Sterne geben Schein, 
Die kalten Winde tosen. 
Oft hab' ich diesen Weg gemacht, 
Wann goldner Sonnenschein gelacht, 
[Bei]1 lauer Lüfte Kosen.

Ich reit' am finstern Garten hin, 
Die dürren Bäume sausen drin, 
Die welken Blätter fallen. 
Hier pflegt' ich in der Rosenzeit, 
Wann alles sich der Liebe weiht, 
Mit meinem Lieb zu wallen.

Erloschen ist der Sonne Strahl, 
Verwelkt die Rosen allzumal, 
Mein Lieb zu Grab' getragen. 
Ich reit' ins finstre Land hinein 
Im Wintersturm, ohn' allen Schein, 
Den Mantel umgeschlagen.

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
4. Journey at night
Language: English 
I am riding into the dark land,
Neither moon nor stars offer any light,
The cold winds are roaring.
I have often taken this track
When golden sunlight was smiling down,
With the caress of gentle breezes.

I am riding towards the dark garden,
The barren trees are rustling within it,
The faded leaves are falling.
Here I busied myself at the time of roses,
When everything was dedicated to love,
Spending time with my love.

The sun's beams have been extinguished,
Every one of the roses has withered,
My love has been carried to the grave.
I am riding into the dark land,
In the winter storm, without any light,
With my coat turned up.

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Translations of title(s):
"Die Nachtreise" = "Journey at night"
"Ich reit' in's finstre Land hinein" = "I am riding into the dark land"
"Nachtlied" = "Night song"
"Nachtreise" = "Journey at night"
"Nachtritt" = "Riding at night"



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5. Romanze
by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Romanze", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kam ein holdes Mädchenpaar
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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
5.
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