English translations of Zwei sechsstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor, opus 19

by Heinrich Urban

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1. Sommerruh  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Urban , "Sommerruh", op. 19 (Zwei sechsstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1876 [ SSAATB chorus ], Berlin, Challier & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sommerruh, wie schön bist du!
Nachtigallenseelen tragen
Ihre weichen süßen Klagen
Sich aus dunkeln Lauben zu.
Sommerruh, wie schön bist du!

Sommerruh, wie schön bist du!
Klare Glockenklänge klingen
Aus der Lüfte lauen Schwingen
Von der mondumblitzten Fluh.
Sommerruh, wie schön bist du!

Sommerruh, wie schön bist du!
Welch ein Leben, himmlisch Weben!
Engel durch die Lüfte schweben
Ihrer blauen Heimat zu.
Sommerruh, wie schön bist du!

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by Christian Konrad Schad (1821 - 1871)
1. Summer peace
Language: English 
Summer peace, how beautiful you are!
Nightingales' souls are singing
their soft and sweet laments
to each other from dark arbours.
Summer peace, how beautiful you are!

Summer peace, how beautiful you are!
Clear bells are ringing
on the gentle wings of the air
from the moonlit rock face.
Summer peace, how beautiful you are!

Summer peace, how beautiful you are!
What a life, heavenly weaving!
Angels are floating through the air
towards their azure home.
Summer peace, how beautiful you are!

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2. Er ist's  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Urban , "Er ist's", op. 19 (Zwei sechsstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1876 [ SATTBB chorus ], Berlin, Challier & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Frühling]1 läßt sein blaues Band
Wieder flattern durch die Lüfte;
Süße, wohlbekannte Düfte
Streifen ahnungsvoll das Land.
Veilchen träumen schon,
Wollen balde kommen.
-- Horch, [von fern ein leiser]2 Harfenton!
Frühling, ja du bist's!
Dich hab' ich vernommen!

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 42.

1 Eitner: "Der Frühling"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Louis Ferdinand: "von fern her leiser"; Schumann: "ein"

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
2.
Language: English 
Spring lets its blue ribbon
flutter again in the breeze;
a sweet, familiar scent
sweeps with promise through the land.
Violets are already dreaming,
and will soon arrive.
Hark! In the distance - a soft harp tone!
Spring, yes it is you!
It is you that I have heard!

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