English translations of Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 5

Süßer, goldner Frühlingstag!
Inniges Entzücken!
Wenn mir je ein Lied gelang,
Sollt' es heut' nicht glücken?

Doch warum in dieser Zeit
An die Arbeit treten?
Frühling ist ein hohes Fest:
Laßt mich ruhn und beten!

 Sweet, golden spring day!
 Heartfelt delight!
 If I were ever to attempt a song,
 should I not succeed today?
 
 Yet why at this time
 should I think of work?
 Spring is a high holiday:
 let me rest and pray!

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsfeier", written 1815, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 4
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[Wann]1 im letzten Abendstrahl
Goldne Wolkenberge steigen
Und wie Alpen sich erzeigen,
Frag' ich oft mit Tränen:
Liegt wohl zwischen jenen
Mein ersehntes Ruhetal?

When in the last rays of evening
golden hills of clouds ascend,
manifesting themselves like the alps,
I often ask with tears:
between them, is that where lies
my longed-for valley of rest?

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Translated titles
"Das Ruhethal" = "The valley of rest"
"Ruhetal" = "Valley of rest"
"Ruhethal" = "Valley of rest"

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Auf geheimem Waldespfade
Schleich' ich gern im Abendschein
An das öde Schilfgestade,
Mädchen, und gedenke dein!

Wenn sich dann der Busch verdüstert,
Rauscht das Rohr geheimnisvoll,
Und es klaget und es flüstert,
Daß ich weinen, weinen soll.

Und ich mein', ich höre wehen
Leise deiner Stimme Klang,
Und im Weiher untergehen
Deinen lieblichen Gesang.

Along a secret forest path
I like to creep in the evening light;
I go to the desolate, reedy banks,
and think, my maiden, of you!

As the bushes grow dark,
the reeds hiss mysteriously,
and lament and whisper,
and thus I have to weep and weep.

And I think that I hear wafting
the gentle sound of your voice,
and down into the pond sinks
your lovely song.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 3
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Translation of title "Schilflied" = "Reed song"

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O legt mich nicht ins [dunkle]1 Grab,
Nicht unter die grüne [Erd']2 hinab!
Soll ich begraben sein,
[Lieg' ich]3 in's tiefe Gras hinein.
 
In Gras und Blumen [lieg']4 ich [gern]5,
Wenn eine Flöte tönt von fern
Und wenn hoch obenhin
Die hellen Frühlingswolken ziehn.

Oh do not lay me into the [dark]1 grave,
Not down below the green earth!
If I must be buried,
[I shall lie in]2 the deep grass.
 
I [lie]3 [gladly]4 in grass and flowers,
When a flute sounds from afar,
And when high above me
The bright clouds of spring pass by.

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Based on:

• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsruhe", written 1813, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 3
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Translated titles:
"Frühlingsberuhigung" = "Springtime reassurance"
"Frühlingsruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
"Frühlings-Ruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
¹ Schorch: "cool"
² Lang: "Lay me into "
³ Medtner: "lay"
⁴ Lang: "so gladly "

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