English translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 15

by Bertha von Brukenthal (1846 - 1908)

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1. Vergieb!  [sung text not yet checked]
by Bertha von Brukenthal (1846 - 1908), "Vergieb!", op. 15 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hab' dir nie vertraut,
Was mir das Herz erfüllt,
Ich hab' dich angeschaut
Wie ein Marienbild.

Ich hab' mich still gesehnt
Nach dir und deiner Huld --
Sieh, wie mein Auge thränt,
Vergib mir meine Schuld!

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Found in Dichtergrüsse: Neuere deutsche Lyrik, ed. Elise Polko, third edition, C. F. Amelang's Verlag (Fr. Volckmar), Leipzig: 1863, p. 239.

by Heinrich Uhse
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2. Mondnacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Bertha von Brukenthal (1846 - 1908), "Mondnacht", op. 15 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war, als [hätt']1 der Himmel,
Die Erde still geküßt,
Daß sie im Blütenschimmer
Von ihm [nun]2 träumen müßt.

Die Luft ging durch die Felder,
Die Ähren wogten sacht,
Es rauschten leis die Wälder,
So sternklar war die Nacht.

Und meine Seele spannte
Weit ihre Flügel aus,
Flog [durch]3 die stillen [Lande]4,
Als flöge sie nach Haus.

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Note for line 1: on the repetition in Thuille's song, "hätt'" becomes "hätte".

1 Hutter: "ob"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Brahms, Schumann: "nur"
3 Thuille: "über"
4 Brahms: "Räume"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2. Moonlit night
Language: English 
It was as if the sky
Had quietly kissed the earth,
So that, glistening with blossoms,
She must only dream of him.1

The breeze wafted through the fields,
The ears of corn waved gently,
The forests rustled faintly,
So sparkling clear was the night.

And my soul stretched 
its wings out far,
Flew through the still lands,
as if it were flying home.

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Translation of title "Mondnacht" = "Moonlit night"
1 In German, "Die Erde" (the earth) is feminine and "Der Himmel" (the sky) is masculine.


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