English translations of Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor, opus 2

by Georg Hering

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1. Gute Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Hering , "Gute Nacht", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1879 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, (Friedrich)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Höh'n und Wälder [schon]1 steigen
Immer tiefer in's Abendgold;
Ein Vöglein [frägt]2 in den Zweigen
Ob es Liebchen grüssen sollt'?

O Vöglein, du hast dich betrogen,
Sie wohnet nicht mehr im Tal,
Schwing' [auf dich]3 zum Himmelsbogen,
Grüss' sie droben zum letztenmal.

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1 omitted by Zemlinsky.
2 Franz: "fragt" (typo?)
3 Randhartinger: "dich auf"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
1. Good night
Language: English 
The heights and forests already climb
Ever deeper into the evening gold;
A little bird asks in the branches
Whether it should greet [its] sweetheart?

Oh little bird, you have deceived yourself,
She lives no more in the valley,
Soar upon heaven’s vault,
Greet her up there [for the] last time.

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"Gut' Nacht" = "Good night"
"Die Höh'n und Wälder schon steigen" = "The heights and forests already climb"
"Gute Nacht" = "Good night"



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2. Wanderers Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Hering , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1879 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, (Friedrich)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Über allen [Gipfeln]1
Ist Ruh',
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die [Vögelein]2 schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.3

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".

See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.

1 Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Greith, Schubert: "Vöglein"
3 Lachner adds 
Über allen Wipfeln
Ist Ruh',
Balde
Ruhest du auch.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2. Over all the peaks it is peaceful
Language: English 
Over all the peaks
it is peaceful,
in all the treetops
you feel
hardly a breath of wind;
the little birds are silent in the forest...
only wait - soon
you will rest as well.

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3. Lebe wohl, du fühlest nicht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Hering , "Lebe wohl, du fühlest nicht", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1879 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, (Friedrich)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
«[Lebe wohl!]1» - Du [fühlest]2 nicht,
Was es heißt, dies Wort der Schmerzen;
Mit getrostem Angesicht
[Sagtest du's und]3 leichtem Herzen.

[Lebe wohl!]1 - Ach, tausendmal
Hab' ich mir es vorgesprochen.
Und in nimmersatter Qual
Mir das Herz damit gebrochen.

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, pages 54-55.

1 Cahn-Speyer: "Lebewohl!"
2 Cahn-Speyer: "fühlst es"; Graben-Hoffmann: "fürchtest" (according to Hofmeister), further changes may exist not shown above.
3 Cahn-Speyer: "Sprachest du's, mit"

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
3.
Language: English 
Farewell! you feel not
what this means - this word of pain;
with a confident face
you said it, and with a light heart.
 
Farewell! Alas! a thousand times
I have pronounced it to myself,
and with insatiable torment,
broken my own heart with it!

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Translations of titles
"Lebe wohl" = "Farewell"
"Lebewohl" = "Farewell"



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Translation © by Emily Ezust