English translations of Fünf Gesänge f 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 12

by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932)

1. Neue Liebe
by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Neue Liebe", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge f 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Tief in der Nacht bin ich erwacht
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2. Geständniss
by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Geständniss", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge f 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Von allen Blumen liebst du die Rose
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3. Frühzeitiger Frühling  [sung text not yet checked]
by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge f 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Tage der Wonne
Kommt ihr so bald?
Schenkt mir die Sonne,
Hügel und Wald?
 
Reichlicher fließen
Bächlein zumal.
Sind es die Wiesen
Ist es das Thal?
 
[Blauliche]1 Frische!
Himmel und Höh!
Goldene Fische
Wimmeln im See.
 
Buntes Gefieder
Rauschet im Hain;
Himmlische Lieder
Schallen darein.
 
Unter des Grünen
Blühender Kraft,
Naschen die Bienen
Summend am Saft.
 
Leise Bewegung
Bebt in der Luft,
Reizende Regung,
Schläfernder Duft.
 
Mächtiger rühret
Bald sich ein Hauch,
Doch er verlieret
Gleich sich im Strauch.
 
Aber zum Busen
Kehrt er zurück.
Helfet, ihr Musen,
Tragen das Glück!
 
Saget seit gestern
Wie mir geschah?
Liebliche Schwestern,
Liebchen ist da!

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 90-91, and with Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1804, Herausgegeben von Wieland und Goethe, Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 107-109.

1 Hauptmann: "Bläuliche"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
3. Early spring
Language: English 
Days of joy,
Have you come so soon?
To give me the sun,
Hill and Forest?

Amply flow
the brooklets again,
Are those meadows?
Is this a valley?

Blue freshness!
Heaven and heights!
Golden fishes
Teeming in the sea.

Colorful plumage
Rustles in the grove,
Heavenly songs
Resound therein!

Under the greenery's
Blooming, thriving effort
The little bees dine,
Humming, on nectar. 

Gentle movements
shake in the fresh air,
the lovely stirring
Of sleepy fragrance.

Powerfully stirs
a breath of air,
Yet it loses
itself in a bush.

But to the bosom
It turns back,
Help [me], o Muses,
To bear [this] Happiness!

Tell me how, since yesterday,
it happened to me,
lovely sisters -
My sweetheart is there!

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4. Goldne Brücken seien alle Lieder mir  [sung text not yet checked]
by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Goldne Brücken seien alle Lieder mir", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge f 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Goldne Brücken seien
Alle Lieder mir,
Drauf die Liebe wandelt,
[Süßes]1 Kind, zu dir!

Und des Traumes Flügel
Soll in Lust und Schmerz,
Jede Nacht mich tragen
An dein treues Herz.

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Bruch: "trautes, trautes"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
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5. Schliesse mir die Augen beide  [sung text not yet checked]
by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Schliesse mir die Augen beide", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge f 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Schließe mir]1 die Augen beide
mit den lieben Händen zu;
geht doch alles, was ich leide,
unter deiner Hand zur Ruh.
Und wie leise sich der Schmerz
Well' [um]2 Welle schlafen [leget]3,
[wie]4 der letzte Schlag sich [reget]5,
füllest du mein ganzes Herz.

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1 Karg-Elert: "Schliess mir du"
2 Wolff: "und"
3 Greger: "legt"
4 Karg-Elert: "wenn"
5 Greger: "regt"

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
5. Close both my eyes
Language: English 
Close both my eyes
with your dear hands;
So everything that I suffer
goes to rest under your hand.
And as silently the pain,
wave by wave, goes to sleep;
as the last blow falls,
you fill my whole heart.

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