English translations of Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 10

by Hermann Erler

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1. Leid und Freud'  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Erler , "Leid und Freud'", op. 10 (Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Ad. Fürstner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es liegt kein Grab so öd' und leer, 
Es wirft der Lenz ein Blümlein drauf; 
Es ist kein Herz so voll und schwer, 
Die Zeit, die richtet's tröstend auf.

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Confirmed with Euterpe, a monthly periodical for musicians (1868), in a review of the Sängerhalle collection in which Schneider's setting appears.


by Gustav Rasmus (1817 - 1900)
1. Sorrow and joy
Language: English 
No grave lies so desolate and empty
But that springtime scatters a floweret upon it;
There is no heart so full and laden,
But that time comfortingly raises it up again.

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Translations of title(s):
"Freud' und Leid" = "Joy and sorrow"
"Leid und Freud'" = "Sorrow and joy"



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