English translations of Zwei Lieder, opus 24
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828)
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Horch - wie Murmeln des empörten Meeres,
Wie durch hohler Felsen Becken weint ein Bach,
... dumpfig tief ein schweres, leeres,
Qualerpreßtes Ach!
Schmerz verzerret
Ihr Gesicht, Verzweiflung sperret
Ihren Rachen fluchend auf.
Hohl sind ihre Augen - ihre Blicke
Spähen bang nach des Kozytus Brücke,
Folgen thränend seinem Trauerlauf.
Fragen sich einander ängstlich leise:
Ob noch nicht Vollendung sey? -
Ewigkeit schwingt über ihnen Kreise,
Bricht die Sense des Saturns entzwei.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Gruppe aus dem Tartarus", written <<1781
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First published in Anthologie auf das Jahr 1782, anonymously edited by Schiller with the fake publishing information "Gedrukt in der Buchdrukerei zu Tobolsko", actually published by Johann Benedict Metzler in Stuttgart. The poem (page 147) has "Y." as the author's name.
Hark - like the murmuring of the angry sea, like a brook weeping through hollow, rocky gullies, you can hear over there, deeply muffled, a heavy, toneless groan, extracted with torment! Pain contorts their faces, despair opens their jaws with curses. Hollow are their eyes: their gaze rests anxiously on Cocytus' bridge, and they follows Cocytus' sad course with tears. They ask one another softly with fear whether the end has not yet come! Eternity whirls above them in circles, breaking Saturn's scythe in two.
Text Authorship:
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Es mahnt der Wald, es ruft der Strom: "Du liebes Bübchen zu uns komm!" Der Knabe kommt und staunend weilt, Und ist von jedem Schmerz geheilt. Aus Büschen flötet Wachtelschlag, Mit irren Farben spielt der Tag; Auf Blümchen roth, auf Blümchen blau Erglänzt des Himmels feuchter Thau. Ins frische Gras legt er sich hin: Läßt über sich die Wolken zieh'n - An seine Mutter angeschmiegt, Hat ihn der Traumgott eingewiegt.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Schlaflied"
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Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.
The woods exhort, the stream calls clear, Dear youngling, join our pleasures here. Entranced, the boy comes through the field, He stands, and all his hurts are healed. A quail pipes from the hedge. The day Diverts itself with colors gay; On blossoms red, on blossoms blue, Heaven shakes its sparkling dew. He makes the grassy bank his bed, White clouds are drifting overhead; In Mother Nature's lap he seems, Lulled to sleep by the god of dreams.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Schlaflied"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79