English translations of Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 17

by Julius Hirschberg

1. Hüte dich!  [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Hirschberg , "Hüte dich!", op. 17 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nachtigall, hüte dich!
Singe nicht so lieblich!
Ach, dein allzuschönes Singen
Wird dich um die Freiheit bringen.
  Hüte dich!

Schöne Blume, hüte dich,
Blühe nicht [zu]1 glühend,
Dufte nicht so voll Entzücken!
Wer dich siehet, will dich pflücken,
  Hüte dich!

Schönes Mädchen, hüte dich!
Lächle nicht so gütig!
Deine Schönheit, deine Güte --
Denk' an Nachtigall und Blüte.
  [Hüte,]2
  Hüte dich!

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1 Mottl: "so"
2 omitted by Fried

by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905)
1.
Language: English 
Nightingale, beware!
Do not sing so beautifully!
Alas, your all-too-lovely singing
Shall cost you your freedom.
  Beware!
 
Lovely flower, beware,
Do not bloom so glowingly,
Do not shed your scent so rapturously!
Whoever sees you, wishes to pick you,
  Beware!
 
Lovely maiden, beware!
Do not smile so amicably!
Your beauty, your goodness --
Think of the nightingale and blossom.
  Beware,
  Beware!

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Translated titles:
"Hüte dich!" = "Beware!"
"Nachtigall, hüte dich!" = "Nightingale, beware!"


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2. Gute Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Hirschberg , "Gute Nacht", op. 17 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im tiefsten Innern
Ein süß Erinnern
Und einen Gruß
Zum Tagesschluß.

Daß Gottes Güte
Mein Glück behüte
Daß seine Treu'
Stets mit dir sei;

Daß deine Seele
Sich mir vermähle
Auf ewiglich:
Das bete ich.

Auf ihn nur [zähl']1 ich,
Uns Beid' empfehl' ich
Fromm seiner Macht --
Nun, gute Nacht!

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1 Röhmeyer: "bau'"

by Barbara Elisabeth Glück (1814 - 1894), as Betty Paoli
2.
Language: English 
From my deepest core
A sweet reminder
And a greeting
At the end of the day.

That God’s goodness
Will preserve my happiness,
That His trustworthiness
Will always be with you;

That your soul
Be united with mine
For all eternity:
That, I pray.

On Him alone do I depend,
I commend both of us
Devoutly to His might –
Now, good night!

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3. Mit Flügeln  [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Hirschberg , "Mit Flügeln", op. 17 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wüchsen mir Flügel, 
Über die Hügel
Wollt' ich mich schwingen zum Himmel empor,
Frei wie der Vogel die Wipfel ersteigen
Und aus den grünen, dämmernden Zweigen 
Lustige Lieder schmettern im Chor.

Schwebend im Bogen 
Käm' ich gezogen 
Stolz wie der Falke im sonnigen Blau, 
Flink wie die Schwalbe wollte ich schweifen,
Über die Gräser, die nickenden streifen,
Netzen die Brust mir am blinkenden Thau.
 
Frühe am Morgen 
Im Walde verborgen 
Weckt' ich als Drossel den zögernden Tag,
Möve, vom Strande mit dir wollt' ich fliegen,
Mich auf den schäumenden Wogen zu wiegen,
Lauschen des Meeres donnerndem Schlag.

Aber, o Nachtigall,
Könnte ich überall 
Schlüpfen wie du von Aste zu Ast,
Wüßt' einen Strauch ich vor einsamer Hütten,
Dahinein wollte in Tönen ich schütten 
Grüße der Liebe, und da hielt' ich Rast.

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by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910)
3.
Language: English 
I if could grow wings,
Up, over the hills
Toward the heavens I would wheel,
Free like a bird, surmount the treetops
And, from the green boughs of twilight
Squawk in a chorus of joyful song.

Soaring in a broad arc
Would I come,
Proud like a falcon in the sunny blue,
Agile as the swallow I would sail,
Grazing over the nodding grasses,
Sprinkling my breast with the sparkling dew.

Early in the morning
Hidden within the forest,
I would, like the thrush, wake the reluctant day,
Gull, I would fly along the shoreline with you,
And rock myself on the foamy waves,
Listening to the thunderous pounding of the sea.

But, O nightingale,
If I could everywhere
Glide from branch to branch like you do,
I know a bush in front of some lonely huts,
Where I would pour forth my melodies
With greetings of love, and there take my rest.

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Translations of title(s):
"Aus Till Eulenspiegel" = "From 'Till Eulenspiegel'"
"Mit Flügeln" = "With wings"
"Wüchsen mir Flügel" = "If I could grow wings"



This text was added to the website: 2023-01-15
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Translation © by Michael P Rosewall