English translations of Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, opus 22
by Eugen Karl Petzold (1813 - 1889)
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O wie muß dir sein, Trautlieb [Vögelein]1! Auf den [schlanken]2 Tannen droben Ungestört den Herrn zu loben, Könnt' [auch ich]3 so glücklich sein! O wie muß dir sein, Hellklar Waldbächlein! Mit melodisch süßem Singen Ungeseh'n durch's Moos zu [dringen]4, Könnt' [auch ich]3 so glücklich sein! O wie muß dir sein, Frischroth Waldblümlein! Heimlich still im Grün zu glühen, Schmerzenslos dann zu verblühen! Könnt' [auch ich]3 so glücklich sein!
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- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Waldfrieden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 88
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die poetische Nationalliteratur der deutschen Schweiz. Dritter Band, Glarus: J. Vogel, 1867. Pages 281 - 282.
Also confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 79.
1 Abt, Graben-Hoffmann: "Waldvöglein"2 Graben-Hoffmann: "blanken"
3 Graben-Hoffmann: "ich auch"
4 1867 publication: "klingen"
Oh, how must you feel, Dear [birdlet]1 Upon the [slender]2 firs up there, To praise the Lord undisturbed. If only I, too, could be so happy! Oh, how must you feel, Bright, clear brooklet in the forest! With melodically sweet singing To [penetrate]3 unseen through the moss. If only I, too, could be so happy! Oh, how must you feel, Fresh, red floweret in the forest! With secret stillness to glow in the greenery, To fade away then painlessly! If only I, too, could be so happy!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Waldfrieden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 88
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Graben-Hoffmann: "forest birdlet"
2 Graben-Hoffmann: "shining"
3 1867 publication: "resound"
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