English translations of Zwei Lieder für Mittelstimme und Klavier, opus 1

by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941)

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1. Wiegenlied
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by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Wiegenlied", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für Mittelstimme und Klavier) no. 1, published <<1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Wien, F. Rörich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im Walde die Vöglein schweigen,
Im Garten die Blümlein sich neigen,
Schlaf ein, mein Kind, schlaf ein!
Das Lüftchen weht sanft und leise,
Die Sternlein zieh'n ihre Kreise,
Schlaf ein, mein Kind, schlaf ein!

Am Bettchen die Mutter sitzet,
Und Gottes Englein Dich schützet,
Schlaf ein, mein Kind, schlaf ein!
Die frommen Äuglein schliesse,
Du träumst vom Paradiese,
Schlaf ein, mein Kind, schlaf ein!

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by Franz Richter
1. Lullaby
Language: English 
In the forest the birds are falling silent,
In the garden the flowers are bowing down,
Go to sleep, my child, go to sleep!
The breeze is wafting gently and quietly,
The stars are following their paths,
Go to sleep, my child, go to sleep!

Beside your bed your mother is sitting,
And God's angels are protecting you,
Go to sleep, my child, go to sleep!
Close your little eyes like a good child,
[And] you will dream of paradise,
Go to sleep, my child, go to sleep!

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2. Sehnsucht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Sehnsucht", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für Mittelstimme und Klavier) no. 2, published <<1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Wien, F. Rörich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Als mein Auge [sie]1 fand
Und mein Herz [sie]1 erkannt,
O, wie glühte die Brust
Von Entzücken, von Lust!

Wie voll Düfte die Au,
Und der [Himmel so]2 blau,
Und der Wald voll Gesang,
Und die Lüfte voll Klang!

Ohne [sie]1, wie so kalt,
Und die Welt, wie so alt,
Und die [Erde, wie]3 leer,
Und das Herz, ach, so schwer!

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Note: Marschner's score gives the singer the option to replace "sie" with "ihn" in stanza 1, line 1, word 4; stanza 1, line 2, word 4; stanza 3, line 1, word 2.

1 Kossmaly, Rheinberger: "dich"; Becker also has "dich" in the first line according to Hofmeister and further changes may exist not noted.
2 Kossmaly, Marschner, Schoenberg, Stöckhardt: "Himmel, wie"
3 Marschner: "Erde so"

by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869)
2.
Language: English 
When my eye found her
And my heart recognized her,
Oh, how my breast glowed
Enkindled with fire, with passion!

How full of fragrance are the meadows,
And the heavens so blue,
And the forest so full of singing,
And the breezes so full of sound!

Without her, how cold it is,
Und the world, how very old,
And the earth, how empty,
And the heart, ah, so heavy!

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This text was added to the website: 2022-08-26
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Word count: 69

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall