English translations of Zwei Lieder für Baryton mit Pianofortebegleitung , opus 12

by Theodor Pfeiffer (1853 - 1929)

1. Die Müllerin  [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Pfeiffer (1853 - 1929), "Die Müllerin", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder für Baryton mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 1, published 1883 [ baritone and piano ], Mannheim, Sohler
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Mühle, die dreht ihre Flügel,
 Der Sturm, der sauset darin,
Und unter der Linde am Hügel,
 Da weinet die Müllerin:

Lass sausen den Sturm und brausen,
 Ich habe gebaut auf den Wind;
Ich habe gebaut [auf Schwüre]1 --
 Da war ich ein törichtes Kind.

Noch hat mich der Wind nicht [belogen]2,
 Der Wind, der blieb mir treu;
Und bin ich verarmt und betrogen --
 Die Schwüre, die waren nur Spreu.

Wo [ist]3, der sie geschworen?
 Der Wind nimmt die [Klagen]4 nur auf;
Er hat sich auf's Wandern verloren --
 Es findet der Wind ihn nicht auf.

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1 Schlick: "auf die Schwüre"
2 Schlick: "betrogen"
3 Schlick: "ist nun"
4 Schlick: "Klage"

by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
1. The Mill-maid
Language: English 
The windmill turns its blades,
 The storm roars within
And under the lime tree by the hill
 There the mill-maid is crying.

Let the storm roar and bluster,
 I counted on the wind;
I counted on vows--
 In so doing I acted like a foolish child.

The wind has not yet lied to me,
 The wind remained true to me;
And yet I am impoverished and betrayed --
 The vows, they were nothing but chaff.

Where is he, who made the vows?
 The wind only gathers up laments;
He has lost himself in wanderings --
 The wind cannot find a trace of him.

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2. Im Schwarzwald  [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Pfeiffer (1853 - 1929), "Im Schwarzwald", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder für Baryton mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1883 [ baritone and piano ], Mannheim, Sohler
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Mond steht über dem Berge,
So recht für verliebte Leut';
Im Garten rieselt ein Brunnen,
Sonst Stille weit und breit.

Neben der Mauer im Schatten,
Da stehn der Studenten drei,
Mit Flöt' und Geig' und Zither,
Und [spielen und singen]1 dabei.

Die Klänge schleichen der Schönsten
Sacht in den Traum hinein,
sie schaut den blonden Geliebten
und lispelt: Vergiß nicht mein.

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  • by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858), "Ständchen", from Gedichte, Stuttgart and Tübingen, first published 1840

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Confirmed with Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände: Literatur-Blatt aus das Jahr 1833, redigirt von Dr. Wolfgang Menzel, Stuttgart und Tübingen, im Verlage der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1833, pages 219-220.

Note: some lines of this poem were used in Zanettovich's Lied (mond - nacht - liebes - traum - lied)
1 Brahms: "singen und spielen"

by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858)
2. Serenade
Language: English 
The moon hangs over the mountain,
So fitting for love-struck people.
In the garden trickles a fountain;
Otherwise, it is still far and wide.

Near the wall, in shadows,
there stand the students three:
with flute and fiddle and zither,
they sing and play there.

The sounds waft up to the loveliest of women,
gently entering her dreams.
She gazes on her blond beloved
and whispers: "Forget me not!"

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