English translations of Zwei gemischte Chöre, opus 16

by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941)

1. Blümlein im Hain!
by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Blümlein im Hain!", op. 16 (Zwei gemischte Chöre) no. 1, published 1894 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Wien, Rörich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Blümlein im Hain, schaust mich so innig an
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2. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön  [sung text not yet checked]
by Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön", op. 16 (Zwei gemischte Chöre) no. 2, published 1894 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Wien, Rörich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1!
Das wissen die Vögelein:
Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder,
Und [singen so fröhliche]2 Lieder
In den blauen Himmel hinein.

Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1!
Das wissen die Flüss' und [die Seen]3:
Sie [malen]4 im klaren Spiegel
Die Gärten [und Städt' und]5 Hügel,
Und die [Wolken]6, die drüber [geh'n]7!

[Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,]8
Und [Kinder und and're]9 Leut'!
Und [wer's]10 nicht malt, der singt es,
Und [wer's]10 nicht singt, dem klingt es
[In dem Herzen vor]11 lauter Freud'!

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Confirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.

1 Messer: "so schön"
2 Stöckhardt: "singen fröhliche"
3 Blech, Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer, Reger, Reinecke: "Seen"
4 Blech: "malen's"
5 Reger: "und"; Reinecke: "und Städte und"
6 Blech: "weißen Wolken"
7 Reinecke: "zieh'n"
8 Reinecke: "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!"
9 Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer: "es wissen's viel and're"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "es wissen's viel andere"; Reinecke: "wissen's viel and're"
10 Blech, Reinecke: "wer es"
11 Blech, Brahms, Reinecke: "Im Herzen vor"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "Im Herzen voll"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
2. How beautiful the earth is!
Language: English 
 How beautiful, how beautiful the earth is!
 The little birds know that;
 They lift their airy feathers
 And sing such joyous songs,
 And sing unto the blue heavens.

 How beautiful, how beatiful the earth is!
 The rivers and lakes know this;
 They paint in their clear mirrors
 The gardens and cities and hills,
 And the clouds that drift above!

 And singers and painters know it,
 And so do many other folk;
 And he who does not paint it, sings it,
 And he who does not sing it,
 His heart rings with it in sheer joy!

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  • by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "How beautiful the earth is!", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Translation © by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)