English translations of Sechs Lieder, opus 10
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897)
1. Ständchen [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Ständchen", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen: „Wer pocht an's Fensterlein?“ Dann wird der Wind dir sagen: Ich bin's! -- o laß mich ein! Dem Liebsten ist nach dir so bang, Ich bring' dir Gruß und Kuß und Sang -- Schlummre süß! Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen: „Was will so heller Schein?“ Dann wird der Mond dir sagen: Ich bin's! -- o laß mich ein! Ich komm' von Einem, der noch wacht, Der für dich betet jede Nacht, Schlummre süß! Wenn du im Traum wirst fragen: „Woher so süßer Schall?“ Wird dir ein Vöglein sagen: Ich bin's, die Nachtigall! Von Lieb' und Sehnsucht sing' ich laut, Bis daß dein Aug' den Morgen schaut -- Schlummre süß!
Text Authorship:
- by Rudolf Löwenstein (1819 - 1891), "Ständchen"
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Confirmed with Pfälzische Blätter für Geschichte, Poesie und Unterhaltung, ed. by A. Kranzbühler, Zweibrücken: A. Kranzbühler, Freitag, 9 Juni 1871, issue no. 67, first page [no page numbers].
by Rudolf Löwenstein (1819 - 1891)
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Language: English
If, in a dream, you may ask: “Who is knocking on my little window? Then the wind will say to you: “I am! Oh, let me inside! Your beloved is so anxious to be near you, I bring you greetings, and kisses and song – Slumber sweetly!” If, in a dream, you may ask: “Who is shining so brightly?” Then the moon will say to you: “I am! O, let me inside! I come from the One, who is still awake, Who prays for you every night, Slumber sweetly!” If, in a dream, you may ask: “Who is making such a sweet sound?” Then a little bird will say to you: “I am, the nightingale! Of love and longing I sing lustily, Until your eyes see the morning – Slumber sweetly!”
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolf Löwenstein (1819 - 1891), "Ständchen"
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2. Frühlingslied [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Frühlingslied", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm
Language: German (Deutsch)
Leise [zieht]1 durch mein Gemüth Liebliches Geläute. Klinge, kleines Frühlingslied, Kling' hinaus in's Weite. [Kling']2 hinaus bis an das Haus, Wo die [Blumen]3 sprießen. Wenn du eine Rose schaust, Sag' ich lass' sie grüßen.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 6
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, Zehnte Auflage, Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1871, page 10.
Note: modern German would change the spelling "Gemüth" to "Gemüt"
1 Quiteria: "klingt"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Grieg: "Zieh"
3 Behrens, Gade, Grieg, Urspruch, Zenger: "Veilchen"
by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. Sweet chimes are softly filling my soul
Language: English
Sweet chimes are softly filling my soul; Ring, little springtime-song Ring out: far and wide. Go forward till you reach the house, where the violets bloom; And if you see a rose, give her my greetings.
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3. Der Blumenstrauß [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Der Blumenstrauß", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sie wandelt im Blumengarten Und mustert den bunten Flor, Und alle die Kleinen warten Und schauen zu ihr empor. »Und seid ihr denn Frühlingsboten, Verkündend was stets so neu, So werdet auch meine Boten An ihn, der mich liebt so treu.« So überschaut sie die Habe Und ordnet den lieblichen Strauß, Und reicht dem Freunde die Gabe, Und weicht seinem Blicke aus. Was Blumen und Farben meinen, O deutet, o fragt das nicht, Wenn aus den Augen der Einen Der süßeste Frühling spricht.
by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862)
3. The flower garland
Language: English
She strolls in the flower-garden and admires the colourful blossom, and all the little blooms are there waiting and looking upwards towards her. “So you are spring’s messengers, announcing what is always so new – then be also my messengers to the man who loves me faithfully.” So she surveys what she has available and arranges a delightful garland; and she gives this gift to her man friend, and evades his gaze. What flowers and colours mean, oh do not explain, do not ask – not when out of one woman’s eyes the sweetest springtime is speaking.
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4. Frühlingslied [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Frühlingslied", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die blauen Frühlingsaugen Schau'n aus dem Gras [hervor]1; Das sind die [lieben]2 Veilchen, Die ich zum Strauß erkor. Ich pflücke sie und denke, Und die Gedanken all, Die mir im Herzen seufzen, Singt laut die Nachtigall. [Ja,]3 was ich denke, singt sie [Lautschmetternd]4, daß es schallt; Mein zärtliches Geheimnis Weiß schon der ganze Wald.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 243
1 Decker: "empor"2 Methfessel: "blauen"
3 Decker: "Und"
4 Methfessel, Thuille: "Und schmettert"
by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
4. Spring song
Language: English
The blue eyes of spring Peep [forth]1 from the grass; Those are the [dear]2 violets That I chose for a bouquet. I pick them and I ponder, And all of the thoughts That are sighing within my heart, The nightingale sings them loudly. [Yes,]3 what I'm thinking, [the nightingale] sings [Like a loud]4 clarion, so that it resounds; My most tender secret Is already known to the whole wood.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingslied II" = "Spring song II"
"Schubert" = "Schubert"
"Im Frühling" = "In spring"
"Verratene Liebe" = "Revealed love"
"Das verrathene Geheimniss" = "The revealed secret"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Neuer Frühling" = "New spring"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen schau'n aus dem Gras hervor" = "The blue eyes of spring peep forth from the grass"
"Lautes Geheimnis" = "Open secret"
"Verratene Liebe: Duett" = "Revealed love: duet"
"Das Veilchen" = "The violet"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen" = "The blue eyes of spring"
"Frühlingsaugen" = "Eyes of spring"
"Duett" = "Duet"
2 Methfessel "blue"
3 von Decker "And"
4 Methfessel "And like a"
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Translation © by Sharon Krebs
5. Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden, Die sich dereinst geliebt, Das ist ein großes Leiden, Wie's [größ'res nimmer]1 gibt. Es klingt das Wort so traurig gar: Fahr' wohl, fahr' wohl auf immerdar! Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden, Die sich dereinst geliebt. [Da]2 ich zuerst empfunden, Daß Liebe brechen mag: Mir war's, als sei verschwunden Die Sonn' am hellen Tag. [Mir klang's im Ohre]3 wunderbar: Fahr' wohl, fahr' wohl auf immerdar! [Da]4 ich zuerst empfunden, Daß Liebe brechen mag. Mein Frühling ging zur Rüste, Ich weiß es wohl, warum; Die [Lippe, die mich]5 küßte, [Ist worden kühl]6 und stumm. Das eine Wort nur sprach sie klar: Fahr' wohl, fahr' wohl auf immerdar! Mein Frühling ging zur Rüste, Ich weiß es wohl, warum.
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Escheberg. Sankt Goar
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Kücken, Mendelssohn: "größer keines"; Bolko von Hochberg: "größ'res keines"
2 Henkel, Randhartinger, Rosenhain: "Als"
3 Kücken, Mendelssohn: "Im Ohre klang mir's"; Bolko von Hochberg: "Wie klang's im Ohre"; Rosenhain: "Mir klang's im Ohr so"
4 Henkel: "Als"
5 Bolko von Hochberg: "Lippen, die ich"
6 Bolko von Hochberg: "Sind worden kalt"
by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
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6. Vergißmeinnicht [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Vergißmeinnicht", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Timm
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es [blüht]1 ein [schönes]2 [Blümchen]3 Auf [unsrer]4 grünen Au. Sein Aug' ist wie der Himmel So heiter und so blau. [Es]5 weiß nicht viel zu reden Und Alles, was es spricht, Ist immer nur dasselbe, Ist nur: [Vergißmeinnicht]6. Wenn ich zwei Äuglein sehe So heiter und so blau, So denk' ich an mein Blümchen Auf [unsrer]4 grünen Au. Da kann [ich auch]7 nicht reden Und nur mein Herze spricht, So bange nur, so leise, Und nur: Vergißmeinnicht.
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Vergißmeinnicht", written 1835, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Kindheit
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Neunte Auflage, Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1887, pages 15-16.
1 Fink: "ist"; further changes may exist not noted above.2 Berger: "blaues"; further changes may exist not noted above.
3 Goltermann: "Blümlein"; further changes may exist not noted above.
4 Leberl: "unser"
5 Dresel: "Das"
6 Dresel: "Vergiss mein nicht"
7 Dresel: "auch ich"
by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
6. Forget-me-not
Language: English
[A lovely floweret is blooming]1 Upon our green meadow. Its eye is as fair and as blue As the sky. It does not have much to say, And everything it speaks Is always ever the same, Is only: forget me not. When I see two little eyes So bright and so blue, Then I think of my floweret Upon our green meadow. Then I, too, cannot speak And only my heart speaks, So anxiously only, so softly, And only: forget me not.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Vergißmeinnicht", written 1835, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Kindheit
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Das Vergißmeinnicht" = "The forget-me-not"
"Das Vergissmeinnicht" = "The forget-me-not"
"Es blüht ein schönes Blümchen" = "A lovely floweret is blooming"
"Vergißmeinnicht" = "Forget-me-not"
2 Berger: "A blue floweret is blooming "; further changes may exist not noted above.
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Translation © by Sharon Krebs