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English translations of Drei Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, opus 1

by H. Weimar

1. Es hat die Rose sich beklagt  [sung text not yet checked]
by H. Weimar , "Es hat die Rose sich beklagt", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Es hat die Rose sich beklagt,
Daß gar zu schnell der Duft [vergehe]1,
Den ihr der Lenz gegeben habe --

  Da hab' ich ihr zum Trost gesagt,
Daß er durch meine Lieder wehe
Und [dort]2 ein [ew'ges]3 Leben habe.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 10

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  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Confirmed with Friedrich Bodenstedt's Gesammelte Schriften, Erster Band, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R.v. Decker), 1865, page 52.

1 Urspruch: "verwehe"
2 Mandyczewski: "drin"
3 Keller: "ewiges"

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
1. The rose has complained
Language: English 
  The rose has complained
That the scent, given to her by springtime,
[Disappears]1 all too quickly --

  Thereupon I comforted her by saying
That it wafts through my songs
And has an eternal life [there]2.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Translations of title(s):
"Es hat die Rose sich beklagt" = "The rose has complained"
"Trost" = "Comfort"

1 Urspruch: "Dissipates"
2 Mandyczewski: "therein"


This text was added to the website: 2020-08-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 38

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
2. Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag  [sung text not yet checked]
by H. Weimar , "Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Derweil]1 ich [schlafend]2 [lag]3,
Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag,
Sang vor dem Fenster auf dem Baum
Ein Schwälblein mir, [ich]4 hört' es kaum
Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag:

"Hör an, was ich dir sag'!
Dein Schätzlein ich verklag':
Derweil ich [dieses]2 singen tu',
Herzt [er]5 ein Lieb in guter Ruh,
Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag."

O weh! nicht weiter sag'!
O still! nichts hören mag!
[Flieg ab, flieg ab]6 von meinem Baum!
-- Ach, Lieb' und Treu' ist wie [ein]7 Traum
Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag.

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag"

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 31.

1 Deprosse, Distler: "Dieweil"
2 Leberl: "eben"
3 Bellerman: "fand"; further changes may exist not shown above
4 Distler: "man"
5 Rheinberger: "es"
6 Leberl: "Flieg ab"
7 Leberl: "im"

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
2. An hour before daybreak
Language: English 
 As I lay sleeping,
 well an hour before daybreak,
 by my window on the tree there sang
 for me a little swallow; I could hardly hear it
 an hour before daybreak.
 
 "Listen well to what I say to you -
 your sweetheart I denounce:
 as I am singing this,
 he is clasping his love in good repose,
 an hour before daybreak."
 
 O woe! say no more!
 O silence! I want to hear no more!
 Fly away, fly away from my tree!
 Alas, love and fidelity are like a dream
 an hour before daybreak!

Text Authorship:

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Line count: 15
Word count: 93

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3. Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt  [sung text not yet checked]
by H. Weimar , "Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt
 Und im Sonnenstrahl der Schnee zerfließt,
Wenn das erste Grün am Baum sich zeigt,
 Und im Gras das erste Blümlein sprießt --
   Wenn vorbei im Thal
   Nun mit einem Mal
 Alle [Regenzeit]1 und Winterqual,
   Schallt es von den Höh'n
   Bis zum Thale weit:
   O, wie wunderschön
   Ist die Frühlingszeit!

Wenn am Gletscher heiß die Sonne leckt,
 [Wenn]2 die Quelle von den Bergen springt,
Alles rings mit [jungem]3 Grün sich deckt
 Und das [Lustgetön]4 der Wälder klingt--
   [Lüfte]5 lind und lau
   Würzt die grüne Au,
 Und der Himmel lacht so rein und blau,
   Schallt es von den Höh'n
   Bis zum Thale weit:
   O, wie wunderschön
   Ist die Frühlingszeit!

War's nicht auch zur jungen Frühlingszeit,
 Als Dein Herz sich meinem Herz erschloß?
Als [von]6 Dir, du wundersüße Maid,
 [Ich den]7 ersten langen Kuß genoß!
   Durch den Hain [entlang]8,
   Heller Lustgesang,
 Und die Quelle von den Bergen sprang--
   [Scholl]9 es von den Höh'n
   Bis zum Thale weit:
   O, wie wunderschön
   Ist die Frühlingszeit!

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 12

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  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Note: in Zöllner's setting, in stanza 1, line 11, when "Ist" is repeated, it becomes "Ist doch"

1 Mandyczewski: "Regenszeit"
2 Frank: "Und"
3 Frank: "frischem"
4 Mandyczewski: "Luftgetön" (typo in the score?)
5 Frank: "Düfte"
6 Zöllner: "ich von"
7 Zöllner: "Den"
8 Frank, Zöllner: "erklang"
9 Frank, Zöllner: "Schallt"

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
3.
Language: English 
When spring climbs up on the mountains
 And the snow melts in the sunbeams,
When the first green shows itself on the trees,
 And in the grass the first little flower springs up,
   When in the valley
   Suddenly now
 All rainy time and winter misery is over,
   Then it rings out from the heights
   Down to the wide valley:
   Oh how wondrously beautiful
   Is springtime!

When the sun's heat melts the glaciers,
 When the water spring leaps from the mountains,
[When] everything around adorns itself with green
 And the [joyful]1 sounds of the forest ring out,
   [When] mild and warm breezes
   Become filled with the scents of the green meadow,
 And the heavens smile so pure and blue,
   Then it rings out from the heights
   Down to the wide valley:
   Oh how wondrously beautiful
   Is springtime!

And was it not also during early springtime
 That your heart revealed itself to my heart?
When, you wondrously sweet maiden,
 I revelled in the first long kiss from you?
   Throughout the grove
   Bright, joyful singing,
 And the water spring leapt from the mountains --
   Then it rang out from the heights
   Down to the wide valley:
   Oh how wondrously beautiful
   Is springtime!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 12
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

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Translated titles:
"O, wie wunderschön ist die Frühlingszeit" = "Oh how wondrously beautiful is springtime"
"Die Frühlingszeit" and "Frühlingszeit" = "Springtime"
"Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt = "When spring climbs up upon the mountains"
"Frühlingslied" = "Song of Spring"
"Frühling" = "Spring"
"O wie wunderschön" = "Oh how wondrously beautiful"
"O wie wunderschön ist die Frühlingszeit" = "Oh how wondrously beautiful is springtime"
"O wunderschöne Frühlingszeit" = "Oh beautiful springtime"
"Wunderschöne Frühlingszeit" = "Wondrously beautiful springtime"

1 Mandyczewski: "airy" (but possibly a typo in the score)


This text was added to the website: 2013-07-31
Line count: 33
Word count: 199

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
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