English translations of Drei Lieder, opus 20
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828)
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O du Entriss'ne mir und meinem Kusse! Sey mir gegrüßt! Sey mir geküßt! Erreichbar nur meinem Sehnsuchtsgruße! Sey mir gegrüßt! Sey mir geküßt! Du von der Hand der Liebe diesem Herzen Gegeb'ne! du Von dieser Brust Genomm'ne mir! mit diesem Thränengusse Sey mir gegrüßt! Sey mir geküßt! Zum Trotz der Ferne, die sich, feindlich trennend, Hat zwischen mich Und dich gestellt; Dem Neid der Schicksalsmächte zum Verdrusse Sey mir gegrüßt! Sey mir geküßt! Wie du mir je im schönsten Lenz der Liebe Mit Gruß und Kuß Entgegen kamst, Mit meiner Seele glühendstem Ergusse Sey mir gegrüßt! Sey mir geküßt! Ein Hauch der Liebe tilget Räum' und Zeiten, Ich bin bei dir, Du bist bei mir, Ich halte dich in dieses Arms Umschlusse, Sey mir gegrüßt! Sey mir geküßt!
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, written 1819-20, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 2. Zweite Lese, first published 1822
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Note: The poem was first published 1822 in Rückert's Oestliche Rosen where all the poems have no titles. In subsequent editions (Erlangen, 1837: Gesammelte Gedichte, Frankfurt a. M., 1868: Gesammelte Poetische Werke) this poem got the title Sei mir gegrüßt! and is printed in a different format: each three lines of the original poem have been combined into one single line.
O you, who have been snatched from me and my kiss, I greet you, I kiss you! Reached only by my yearning greetings, you I greet, you I kiss! You, given by the hand of love to this heart, you, who from my breast have been taken! With these flooding tears I greet you, I kiss you. Defying the distance that fiendishly separates us and lies between you and me - to irritate the envious powers of fate, I greet you, I kiss you! Just as you always did in the fairest spring-time of love, coming to greet me with a kiss, so now, with my soul a glowing flood, I greet you, I kiss you! A breath of love erases space and time; I am with you, you are with me, I hold you in these arms, embracing you; I greet you, I kiss you!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, written 1819-20, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 2. Zweite Lese, first published 1822
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Translation of title "Sei mir gegrüßt" = "I greet you"This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 145
Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht, Sie säuseln und weben Tag und Nacht, Sie schaffen an allen Enden. O frischer Duft, o neuer Klang! Nun armes Herze, sey nicht bang! Nun muß sich Alles, Alles wenden. Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag, Man weiß nicht, was noch werden mag, Das Blühen will nicht enden. Es blüht das fernste, tiefste Thal. Nun armes Herz, vergiß der Qual! Nun muß sich Alles, Alles wenden.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsglaube", written 1812, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 2, first published 1813
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Note: some editions have a typo in stanza 1, line 2: word 4 is "wehen". Lachner's score also has this typo.
Balmy breezes are awakened, They whisper and move day and night, And everywhere creative. O fresh scent, o new sound! Now, poor heart, don't be afraid. Now all, all must change. With each day the world grows fairer, One cannot know what is still to come, The flowering refuses to cease. Even the deepest, most distant valley is in flower. Now, poor heart, forget your torment. Now all, all must change.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by David Gordon, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsglaube", written 1812, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 2, first published 1813
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Translation of title "Frühlingsglaube" = "Spring faith"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71
Ahidi! ich liebe. Mild lächelt die Sonne, Mild wehen die Weste, Sanft rieselt die Quelle, Süß duften die Blumen. Ich liebe, Ahidi! Ahidi! ich liebe. Dich lieb' ich, du Sanfte Mit seidnem Gefieder, Mit strahlenden Äuglein, Dich, Schönste der Schwestern! Ich liebe, Ahidi! Ahidi! ich liebe. O sieh, wie die Blumen Sich liebevoll grüßen, Sich liebevoll nicken! O liebe mich wieder! Ich liebe, Ahidi! Ahidi! ich liebe. O sieh, wie der Epheu Mit liebenden Armen Die Eiche umschlinget. O liebe mich wieder! Ich liebe, Ahidi!
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Friedrich Kind (1768 - 1843), "Hänflings Liebeswerbung", written 1793, first published 1794
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First published in Kind's novella Leben, Thaten und Meinungen meines Hänflings von ihm selbst erzählt, anonymously published in Lenardos Schwærmereyen. Zweiter Theil. Leipzig bey Wilhelm Heinsius dem jüngern 1794. The poem appears in chapter 5 of the novella, pages 93-94.
Ahidi, I'm in love! Ahidi, I'm in love! Softly smiles the sun, Mildly blow the western winds, Gently murmurs the spring, Sweetly smell the blossoms! I'm in love, Ahidi! I'm in love, Ahidi! Ahidi! I'm in love! Ahidi, I'm in love! You I love, you gentle creature, With silken wings, With radiant eyes, You, fairest of your sisters, I love, Ahidi! I'm in love, Ahidi! Ahidi! I'm in love! Ahidi, I'm in love! O see how the flowers greet each other, so full of love, nod to each other, so full of love! O love me again! I love, Ahidi! I'm in love, Ahidi! Ahidi! I'm in love! Ahidi, I'm in love! O see how the ivy with loving arms clings to the oak. O love me again! I love, Ahidi! I'm in love, Ahidi!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:
Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Friedrich Kind (1768 - 1843), "Hänflings Liebeswerbung", written 1793, first published 1794
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 135