English translations of 2 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 10

by Wilhelm Jacoby

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1. Sommermondnacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Jacoby , "Sommermondnacht", op. 10 (2 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
In meiner Liebsten Garten 
Sind nur die Rosen noch wach;
Sie ranken empor sich am Erker
Und schau'n in ihr Schlafgemach.

Drei Lilienblättchen warf ich 
Zum Fenster ihr hinein:
Ei, schläfst Du oder wachest,
Herzallerliebste mein?

"Mein Herz läßt mich nicht schlafen,
Ich bin so süß [verwacht]1;
Da drunten die Nachtigallen 
Schlagen die ganze Nacht." --

Das sind nicht die Nachtigallen,
Die schlagen im Lindenbaum;
[Es]2 sind meiner Liebe Gedanken,
Die ziehen durch Deinen Traum.

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Confirmed with Deutsche Dichter-Gaben: Album für Ferdinand Freiligrath. Eine Sammlung bisher ungedruckter Gedichte der namhaftesten deutschen Dichter, herausgegeben von Christian Schad und Ignaz Hug, Leipzig, Verlag von Duncker & Humblot, 1868, pages 357-358, titled "Sommer-Mondnacht."; and confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 189, untitled.

1 Deprosse: "erwacht"
2 Deprosse: "Das"

by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909)
1.
Language: English 
In the garden of my beloved
Only the roses are still awake;
They twine themselves upward on the bay window
And peer into her sleeping chamber.

I threw three lily petals
Into her window:
Are you sleeping or waking,
Most beloved of my heart?

"My heart will not let me sleep,
I am so sweetly sleepless;
Down below the nightingales 
Are singing the whole night long." --

Those are not nightingales
That are singing in the linden tree;
Those are the thoughts of my love [for you]
That pass through your dreams.

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Translations of title(s):
"Aus der Rosenzeit" = "From the time of roses"
"In meiner Liebsten Garten" = "In the garden of my beloved"
"Sommer-Mondnacht" = "Summer moonlit night"



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2. Mailied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Jacoby , "Mailied", op. 10 (2 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Wie herrlich leuchtet
Mir die Natur!
Wie glänzt die Sonne!
Wie lacht die Flur!

  Es dringen [Blühten]1
Aus jedem Zweig
Und tausend Stimmen
Aus dem Gesträuch,

  Und Freud und Wonne
Aus jeder Brust.
O Erd', o Sonne!
O Glück, o Lust!

  O [Lieb']2, o Liebe! 
So golden schön,
Wie Morgenwolken
Auf jenen Höhn!

  Du segnest herrlich
Das frische Feld,
Im Blütendampfe
Die [volle]3 Welt.

  O [Mädchen, Mädchen]4, 
Wie lieb ich dich!
Wie [blickt]5 dein Auge,
Wie liebst du mich!

  So liebt die Lerche
Gesang und Luft,
Und Morgenblumen
Den Himmelsduft.

  Wie ich dich liebe
Mit [warmem]6 Blut,
Die du mir Jugend
Und [Freud]7 und Mut

  [Zu]8 neuen Liedern
Und Tänzen gibst.
Sey ewig glücklich,
Wie du mich liebst!

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Confirmed with Goethe's Gedichte, Erster Theil, Neue Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1829, pages 46-47.

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1 Bartók: "die Blüthen"
2 Lorenz: "Liebe"
3 Zilcher: "weite"
4 Zilcher: "Liebster, Liebster"
5 Lorenz: "glänzt"; Bartók, Mendelssohn-Hensel, Pfitzner: "blinkt"
6 Bartók: "warmen" (a grammatical error)
7 Bartók: "Freund" (an error)
8 Gabler: "in"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2. How marvellously does Nature shine for me!
Language: English 
How marvellously 
does Nature shine for me!
How the sun gleams!
How the meadow laughs!

Blossoms burst forth 
From every branch
And a thousand voices
From the bushes!

And joy and bliss 
From every breast;
O Earth, o Sun, 
o Happiness, o Joy!

O love, o darling!
So golden fair,
As morning clouds
On yonder heights!

You bless marvellously
The fresh field,
In a mist of blossoms, 
The full world.

O maiden, maiden,
How I love you!
O how you gaze at me,
O how you love me!

The lark loves
Song and Breeze,
And morning flowers,
The dew of heaven,

As I love you 
With blood on fire,
You who give me youth
And joy and cheer

For new songs 
And new dances.
Be forever happy
In loving me so!

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