English translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 29

by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914)

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1. Das Blatt im Buche  [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 29 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich [hab']1 eine alte Muhme,
[Die'n]2 altes Büchlein hat,
Es liegt in dem alten Buche
Ein altes, dürres Blatt.

So dürr [ist wohl auch die Hand schon]3,
[Die ihr's im Lenz einst]4 gepflückt. --
Was mag doch die Alte haben?
Sie weint, [so oft]5 sie's erblickt? --

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Confirmed with Anastasius Grün Blätter der Liebe, Stuttgart: Druck und Verlag von Gebrüder Franckh, 1830, page 64 (also consulted Gedichte von Anastasius Grün, Vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 34; where the poem has the title "Das Blatt im Buche.")

1 Schultz: "hatte"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die ein"
3 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "sind wohl auch die Hände"
4 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die's einst im Lenz ihr"
5 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "wenn"

by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün
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Language: English 
I have an elderly aunt,
Who has a small, old book;
Lying in the old book - 
An old, dry leaf.

So very dry, as well, are the hands
Which once plucked it while in bloom.
What then does the elderly one do?
She weeps when she sees it.

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2. An der Donau
by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "An der Donau", op. 29 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Dort am Hügel lehnt ein Rosenstrauch
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