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English translations of Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor, opus 1

by Martin Grabert (1868 - 1951)

1. Abendlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Grabert (1868 - 1951), "Abendlied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1891 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Tag neigt sich zu Ende,
Es kommt die stille Nacht; 
Nun ruht, ihr müden Hände,
Das Tagwerk ist vollbracht. 

Du aber, Seele, ringe
Dich von der Erde los, 
Und werde leicht und schwinge
Dich auf in Gottes Schooß. 

Hinauf mit Glaubensflügeln,
Die Liebe fliegt voran, 
Wo über dunkeln Hügeln
Der Himmel aufgetan.

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Abendlied", appears in Gedichte, in Drittes Buch

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Confirmed with Julius Sturm, Gedichte, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1850, page 157.


by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)
1. Evening song
Language: English 
The day is drawing to a close,
The quiet night is coming;
Now rest, ye weary hands,
The day's work is completed.

But you, oh soul, wrestle
Yourself free from the earth, 
And become light and swing
Yourself up into the lap of God.

Upward with the pinions of faith,
Love flies before you,
Where, above the dark hills,
Heaven is opened.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 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):
"Abendlied" = "Evening song"
"Der Tag neigt sich zu Ende" = "The day is drawing to a close"



This text was added to the website: 2024-05-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
2. Ich hör' ein Vöglein locken  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Grabert (1868 - 1951), "Ich hör' ein Vöglein locken", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1891 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hör' ein Vöglein locken,
Das wirbt so süß, das wirbt so laut,
Beim [Duft]1 der [Blumenglocken]2
Um die geliebte Braut.

Und aus dem blauen Flieder
Singt, ohne Rast und Ruh'
Millionen Liebeslieder
Die holde Braut ihm zu. --

Ich hör' ein leises Klagen,
So liebesbang, so [seelenvoll]3 --
Was mag die Stimme fragen,
Die in dem Wind verscholl?

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870), "Ich hör' ein Vöglein", appears in Gedichte, in Frühlingsmelodieen

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Confirmed with Anthologie aus den Gedichten von Adolf Böttger, Hildburghausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institute, New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, [1870], pages 13-14.

1 Pfitzner: "Klang"
2 Tinel: "Morgenglocken"
3 Pfitzner: "sehnsuchtsvoll"

by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870)
2. I hear a little bird singing enticingly
Language: English 
I hear a little bird singing enticingly,
It woos so sweetly, it woos so loudly,
By the [scent]1 of the flowers' bells
[It woos] the beloved bride.

And from out the blue lilac,
Without pause or rest
The lovely bride sings
Millions of love songs back to him.

I hear a quiet lamenting,
So full of the anxiety of love, so [soulful]2,
What might the voice be asking,
[The voice] that died away in the wind?

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.
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Translated titles:
"Ich hör' ein Vöglein" = "I hear a little bird"
"Ich hör' ein Vöglein locken" = "I hear a little bird singing enticingly"
"Waldessand" = "Forest sands"

1 Pfitzner: "ringing"
2 Pfitzner: "full of longing"


This text was added to the website: 2013-07-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
3. Nach Jahren  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Grabert (1868 - 1951), "Nach Jahren", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1891 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Mutter lehnt am schattigen Thor,
Ihr blondes Töchterchen kniete davor,
Brach Rosen sich und Vergißmeinnicht,
Und küßt sie mit lachendem Angesicht:
"Ei! Mutter bin ich so groß wie Du,
Dann trag' ich Dir Alles im Hause zu,
Dann heg' ich und pfleg' ich Dich lieb und fein
Wie die Rosen und die Vergißnichtmein.["]

Und Jahre schwanden, -- am schattigen Thor
Ragt höher und voller der Flieder empor!
Ein Mägdlein umfaßt des Geliebten Arm,
Es schlagen ihre Herzen so treu und warm[,]
Doch wie sie sich küßten auf Wang' und Mund,
Weinte das Mädchen aus Herzensgrund:
Denn die sie wollt' pflegen so lieb und fein,
Lag still unter Ros' und Vergißnichtmein.

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870), "Nach Jahren!"

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Confirmed with Anthologie aus den Gedichten von Adolf Böttger, Hildburghausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institute, New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, [1870], pages 54-55.


by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870)
3. Years later
Language: English 
The mother leaned against the shaded gate,
Before it, her little blonde daughter knelt. 
She gathered roses and forget-me-nots,
And kissed her mother gaily.
“Oh, Mother! I am just as tall as you are,
So, I can carry everything into the house for you,
And lovingly I will cherish and care for you
Like the roses and the forget-me-nots.”

And the years passed away – at the shaded gate
The lilacs grew taller and more lush! 
A maiden tightly clasped her beloved’s arm,
Her heart beating so faithfully and ardently,
Yet, as they kissed each other’s cheek and mouth,
The maiden wept deep within her heart:
For she who had nurtured and cared so well,
Now lay silently beneath the roses and forget-me-nots.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Michael P Rosewall, (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):
"Die Mutter lehnet am schattigen Thor" = "The mother leaned against the shaded gate"
"Die Mutter lehnt am schattigen Thor" = "The mother leaned against the shaded gate"
"Erinnerung" = "Remembrance"
"Nach Jahren" = "Years later"



This text was added to the website: 2023-07-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 123

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
4. Kuriose Geschichte  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Grabert (1868 - 1951), "Kuriose Geschichte", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1891 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich bin [einmal etwas hinausspaziert]1,
Da ist mir ein närrisch Ding passiert:
Ich sah einen Jäger am Waldeshang,
Ritt auf und nieder den See entlang;
Viel Hirsche sprangen am Wege dicht;
Was tat der Jäger? -- Er schoß sie nicht,
Er blies ein Lied in den Wald hinein --
Nun sagt mir, ihr [Leut']2, was soll das sein?

Und als ich weiter bin fort spaziert,
Ist wieder ein [närrisches]3 Ding mir passiert:
In kleinem Kahn eine Fischerin
Fuhr stets am [Waldeshange]4 dahin;
Rings sprangen die [Fischlein]5 im Abendlicht;
Was tat das Mädchen? -- Sie fing sie nicht,
Sie sang ein Lied in den Wald hinein --
Nun sagt mir, ihr [Leut']2, was soll das sein?

Und als [ich wieder zurück spaziert]6,
Da ist mir das närrischste Ding passiert:
Ein leeres Pferd mir entgegen kam,
Im See ein leerer Nachen schwamm,
Und als ich ging an den Erlen vorbei,
Was hört' ich drinnen ? -- Da flüsterten Zwei,
Und 's war schon spät und Mondenschein --
Nun sagt mir, ihr [Leut']2, was [soll]7 das sein?

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Kuriose Geschichte", appears in Lieder, in Romanzen und Balladen [formerly Bilder], first published 1833

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Confirmed with Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichungen seiner Freunde, Neuherausgegeben von Adolf Bothe, München: Verlag Rösl u. Cie, 1919, pages 23-24.

1 Seiffert: "einmal hinausspaziert"(according to Hofmeister); Wallnöfer: "einmal Abends hinausspaziert"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Millöcker: "Leute"
3 Millöcker, Reissiger: "närrisch"
4 Reissiger: "Waldeshang"
5 Reissiger: "Fische"
6 Reissiger: "eine Stunde ich fortspaziert"
7 Reissiger: "sollt'"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
4. Curious story
Language: English 
[I once went out for a little]1 walk,
And something odd happened to me:
I saw a hunter at the forest edge,
Along the lake he rode back and forth;
Many deer were leaping close by his path;
What did the hunter do? -- He did not shoot them,
He trumpeted a song into the forest --
Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean?

And as I walked on a bit,
Something odd again happened to me:
A fisher-maiden in a little boat
Sailed continually along the forest edge;
All around her the little fish leapt in the evening light;
What did the maiden do? -- She did not catch them,
She sang a song into the forest --
Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean?

And when was I walking back again,
The oddest thing happened to me:
A riderless horse came toward me,
In the lake there floated an empty barque,
And as I walked along the alders,
What did I hear among them? -- Two people were whispering there,
And it was already late and there was moonlight --
Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean?

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 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):
"Curiose Geschichte" = "Curious story"
"Ich bin einmal etwas hinausspaziert " = "I once went out for a little walk"
"Kuriose Geschichte" = "Curious story"
"Närrisches Ding" = "An odd thing"
"Seltsame Geschichte" = "Unusual story"

1 Seiffert: "I once went out for a"(according to Hofmeister); Wallnöfer: "One evening I went out for a "; further changes may exist not shown above.


This text was added to the website: 2022-04-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 196

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
5. Über die Hügel hin  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Grabert (1868 - 1951), "Über die Hügel hin", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 5, published 1891 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Über den Hügeln hin
Ziehen die Wolken sacht,
Um zu verschwimmen dort
Sanft in des Abends Pracht,
  O wie so schön, so ruhig schön
Ziehn sie dahin an des Himmels Höhn!
  Herz, mein Herz, flieg' auf auch du,
Gebe Gott dir Ruh,
[Und heiteren, himmlischen Frieden dazu]1!

  Über die Fluren sieh
Schwirren die Vöglein, husch!
Suchen des Nestes Flaum
Tief in dem Blüthenbusch.
  O wie so schön den Wald entlang
Hallet und schallet ihr Abendsang!
  Herz, mein Herz, flieg' auf auch du,
Gebe Gott dir Ruh,
[Und freudiges, stilles Vertrauen dazu]1!

  Droben am Himmel nun
Blitzet ein Sternlein schon,
Als hätt's gelauscht von fern,
Horch, auf der Glocken Ton.
  O wie schön, so mild und schön
Lacht es herab von den blauen Höhn!
  Herz, mein Herz, flieg' auf auch du,
Gebe Gott dir Ruh,
[Und seliges, fröhliges Hoffen dazu]3!

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Abendruhe", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 116

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874, mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 104.

Confirmed with "Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist." Homiletische Vierteljahrsschrift für das evangelische Deutschland, Dritter Jahrgang, zweiter Heft. Wiesbaden: Julius Niedner, 1863. from Blüthenstrauß christlicher Dichtkunst. Page 25.

1 Randhartinger: "Und Frieden dazu"
2 Randhartinger: "Und Vertrauen dazu"
3 Randhartinger: "Und Hoffen dazu"

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
5. Evening rest
Language: English 
  Away over the hills
The clouds gently pass,
To dissolve there
Softly in the splendour of evening,
  Oh how beautifully, how peacefully and beautifully
Do they travel along the heavenly heights!
  Heart, my heart, you, too, soar up,
May God give you rest,
And serene, heavenly peace as well.

  Over the meadows, lo,
The birdlets are whirring swiftly!
They are seeking the softness of the nest
Deep in the blossoming bush.
  Oh how beautifully along the forest
Their evening song is sounding and resounding!
  Heart, my heart, you, too, soar up,
May God give you rest,
And joyful, quiet trust as well.

  Above on the heavens now
A little star is already twinkling,
As if it had harkened from afar --
Hark -- to the sound of the bell.
  Oh how beautifully, so mildly and beautifully
It laughs down from the blue heights!
  Heart, my heart, you, too, soar up,
May God give you rest,
And blissful, blithe hope as well.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 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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This text was added to the website: 2017-07-01
Line count: 27
Word count: 160

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
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