English translations of Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Geibel, Lenau, Rodenberg und Beck, für S., A., T. und B. , opus 10

by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901)

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1. Nachtgesang  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Nachtgesang", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Geibel, Lenau, Rodenberg und Beck, für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 1, published 1861 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[O]1 gieb, vom weichen Pfühle,
Träumend, ein halb Gehör!
Bei meinem Saitenspiele
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Bei meinem Saitenspiele
Segnet der Sterne Heer
Die ewigen Gefühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Die ewigen Gefühle
Heben mich, hoch und hehr,
Aus irdischem Gewühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Vom irdischen Gewühle
Trennst du mich nur zu sehr,
Bannst mich in diese Kühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Bannst mich in diese Kühle,
Giebst nur im Traum Gehör.
Ach, auf dem weichen Pfühle
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

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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, page 98, and with Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1804, Herausgegeben von Wieland und Goethe, Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 120-121.

1 Mayer: "Ach"; further changes may exist not shown above.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
1. Night song
Language: English 
 O give, dreaming from your soft pillow,
 half an ear to me!
 To my lute's playing
 you sleep! what more do you want?
 
 To my lute's playing
 the set of stars blesses
 eternal feelings;
 you sleep! what more do you want?
 
 Those eternal feelings
 lift me sublimely high,
 away from the earthly crowd;
 you sleep! what more do you want?
 
 Away from the earthly crowd
 you sever me only too abruptly,
 entrance me in this cool place;
 you sleep! what more do you want?
 
 You entrance me in this cool place,
 give me your ear only in your dreams.
 Ah, on your soft pillow
 you sleep! what more do you want?

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2. Die Liebe sass als Nachtigall  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Die Liebe sass als Nachtigall", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Geibel, Lenau, Rodenberg und Beck, für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 2, published 1861 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Liebe saß als Nachtigall
Im Rosenbusch und sang,
Es flog der wundersüße Schall
Den grünen Wald entlang.

Und wie er klang, da stieg im Kreis
Aus tausend Kelchen Duft,
Und alle Wipfel rauschten leis',
Und [leise]1 ging die Luft;

Die Bäche schwiegen, die noch kaum
Geplätschert von den Höh'n,
Die Rehlein standen wie im Traum
Und lauschten dem Getön.

Und hell und immer heller floß
Der Sonne Glanz herein,
Um Blumen, Wald und Schlucht ergoß
Sich [goldig rother]2 Schein.

Ich aber zog den Weg entlang
Und hörte auch den Schall --
Ach, was seit jener Stund' ich sang,
War nur sein Wiederhall.

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Gedichte, Vierte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1845, page 72.

1 C. Schumann: "leiser"
2 Backer-Grøndahl: "goldigrother"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
2.
Language: English 
Now Love once like a nightingale
in rosebush perched and sang;
with sweetest wonder flew the sound
along the woodland green.

And as it rang, there rose a scent
from ring of thousand buds,
and all the treetops rustled soft,
and softer blew the air;

The brooklets silenced, scarcely come
by splashing from the heights,
the fawns stood still as if in dream
and listened to the tone.

And bright and ever brighter flowed
the sunbeams down inside,
'round blossoms, wood and gorge it gushed
with golden red sunshine.

I walked along the path that day
and also heard that sound.
Alas! what ever since I've sung
was just its echo faint.

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3. Liebesfeier  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Liebesfeier", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Geibel, Lenau, Rodenberg und Beck, für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 3, published 1861 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[An]1 ihren bunten Liedern klettert
Die Lerche selig in die Luft;
Ein Jubelchor von Sängern schmettert
Im Walde, voller Blüt' und Duft.

Da sind, so weit die Blicke gleiten,
Altäre festlich aufgebaut,
Und all die tausend Herzen läuten
Zur Liebesfeier dringend laut.

Der Lenz hat Rosen angezündet
An Leuchtern von Smaragd im Dom;
Und jede Seele schwillt und mündet
Hinüber in den Opferstrom.

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1 Metzdorff: "Aus"; further changes may exist not noted above.

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
3. Love's festival
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 On her varied songs the lark climbs
 blissfully into the air;
 a jubilant choir of singers sings lustily
 in the wood, full of blossom and fragrance.
 
 There, as far as the eye can see,
 festive altars have been built,
 and a thousand hearts all call out
 for love's festival, loudly and strongly.
 
 Spring has set the roses afire with light
 on the candelabra of emerald in the cathedral;
 and every soul swells and overflows
 into the stream of offerings.

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4. An die Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "An die Nacht", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Geibel, Lenau, Rodenberg und Beck, für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 4, published 1861 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weil' auf mir, du dunkles Auge,
Übe deine ganze Macht,
Ernste, milde, [träumerische]1,
Unergründlich süße Nacht!

Nimm mit deinem Zauberdunkel
Diese Welt von hinnen mir,
Daß du über meinem Leben
Einsam schwebest für und für.

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau's sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [1883], page 11.

1 Bolko von Hochberg: "zauberische"; Sjögren: "träumereiche"

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
4. Linger on me, dark eyes
Language: English 
Linger on me, dark eyes -
exert your entire power,
somber, mild, dream-like,
unfathomably sweet night.

With your magic darkness
take from me this world,
so that above my life
you alone will float forever and ever.

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5. Im Maien  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Im Maien", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Geibel, Lenau, Rodenberg und Beck, für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 5, published 1861 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Nun]1 [bricht]2 aus [allen]3 Zweigen
Das [maienfrische Grün]4,
Die ersten Lerchen steigen,
Die [ersten]5 Veilchen blüh'n;
Und golden liegen Tal und Höh'n --
O Welt, du bist so wunderschön
Im Maien!
 
Und [wie]6 die Knospen springen,
Da regt sich's allzumal;
Die [muntren]7 Vögel singen,
Die Quelle rauscht [in's]8 Tal;
Und freudig [schallt]9 das Lustgetön:
O Welt, du bist so wunderschön
Im Maien!
 
[Wie sich die Bäume]10 wiegen
Im lieben Sonnenschein!
Wie hoch die Vögel fliegen,
Ich möchte hinterdrein;
Möcht' jubeln über Tal und Höh'n:
O Welt, du bist so wunderschön,
Im Maien!

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Confirmed with Julius Rodenberg, Lieder, Neue wohlfeile Ausgabe, Hannover: Carl Rümpler, 1862, pages 113-114.

1 Gericke, Schwantzer, Sieber: "Es"; Högg: "Noch"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Högg: "blüht"; further changes may exist not shown above
3 I. Lachner: "vollen"; further changes may exist not noted above.
4 Hiller: "frische Maiengrün"
5 Billeter: "kleinen"
6 Stöckhardt: "wenn"
7 Hiller, Marx: "muntern"; Stöckhardt: "munter'n"
8 Hiller, Stöckhardt: "zu"
9 Marx: "hallt"
10 Stöckhardt: "Und wie die Bäum' sich"

by Julius Rodenberg (1831 - 1914)
5. In May
Language: English 
[Now from all branches bursts forth]1
The [greenery in its May freshness]2,
The first larks rise,
The [first]3 violets bloom;
And valley and heights lie golden --
Oh world, you are so wondrously beautiful,
In May!

And as the buds burst open,
There is a general stirring;
The merry birds sing,
The water-spring rushes [into]4 the valley;
And the joyful noise rings out:
Oh world, you are so wondrously beautiful,
In May!

How the trees sway
In the dear sunshine!
How high the birds fly,
I would like to follow them;
I would like to rejoice above valley and heights:
Oh world, you are so wondrously beautiful,
In May!

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Translations of title(s):
"Im Mai" = "In May"
"Im Maien" = "In May"
"Nun bricht aus allen Zweigen" = "Now from all branches bursts forth"
"O Welt, du bist so schön" = "Oh world, you are so beautiful"
"O Welt, du bist so wunderschön" = "Oh world, you are so wondrously beautiful"

1 Gericke, Schwantzer, Sieber: "From all branches there bursts forth"; Högg: "From all branches still blooms forth"; I. Lachner: "Now from the lush branches bursts forth"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Hiller: "fresh May-greenery"
3 Billeter: "little"
4 Hiller: "toward"


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6. Auf dem See  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Auf dem See", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Geibel, Lenau, Rodenberg und Beck, für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 6, published 1861 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie ladest du zur Wellenbahn,
O Sonne, Himmelsschein! 
Es wieget leise sich der Kahn 
Die Ruder tauchen ein! 
Schon schweben wir im Flug dahin,
Entlang dem dunkeln Wald.
Er rauscht und neigt sich, mitzuziehn, 
Wir aber scheiden bald.

Denn immer weiter führt die Fluth,
Der stillen Hoffnung Trieb,
Als suchte sie ein süßes Gut,
Das in der Ferne blieb.
O Echo, das vom Berge schallt,
Du gleichest unserm Glück: 
Wenn einst die Gegenwart verhallt,
Erinnrung tönt zurück.

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by (Christian) Friedrich Beck (1806 - 1888)
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