English translations of Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 43
by C. Th. Wirz
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1. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön [sung text not yet checked]
by C. Th. Wirz , "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön", op. 43 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Trier, Schellenberg
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1! Das wissen die Vögelein: Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder, Und [singen so fröhliche]2 Lieder In den blauen Himmel hinein. Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1! Das wissen die Flüss' und [die Seen]3: Sie [malen]4 im klaren Spiegel Die Gärten [und Städt' und]5 Hügel, Und die [Wolken]6, die drüber [geh'n]7! [Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,]8 Und [Kinder und and're]9 Leut'! Und [wer's]10 nicht malt, der singt es, Und [wer's]10 nicht singt, dem klingt es [In dem Herzen vor]11 lauter Freud'!
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.
1 Messer: "so schön"2 Stöckhardt: "singen fröhliche"
3 Blech, Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer, Reger, Reinecke: "Seen"
4 Blech: "malen's"
5 Reger: "und"; Reinecke: "und Städte und"
6 Blech: "weißen Wolken"
7 Reinecke: "zieh'n"
8 Reinecke: "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!"
9 Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer: "es wissen's viel and're"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "es wissen's viel andere"; Reinecke: "wissen's viel and're"
10 Blech, Reinecke: "wer es"
11 Blech, Brahms, Reinecke: "Im Herzen vor"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "Im Herzen voll"
by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
1. How beautiful the earth is!
Language: English
How beautiful, how beautiful the earth is! The little birds know that; They lift their airy feathers And sing such joyous songs, And sing unto the blue heavens. How beautiful, how beatiful the earth is! The rivers and lakes know this; They paint in their clear mirrors The gardens and cities and hills, And the clouds that drift above! And singers and painters know it, And so do many other folk; And he who does not paint it, sings it, And he who does not sing it, His heart rings with it in sheer joy!
Text Authorship:
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "How beautiful the earth is!", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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Line count: 15
Word count: 96
Translation © by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)
2. Liebesbotschaft
by C. Th. Wirz , "Liebesbotschaft", op. 43 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Trier, Schellenberg
Language: German (Deutsch)
Täubchen und Rosen mein
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3. Wie ich so lieb dich hab' [sung text not yet checked]
by C. Th. Wirz , "Wie ich so lieb dich hab'", op. 43 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Trier, Schellenberg
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nur einmal [möcht' ich dir noch]1 sagen, Wie du unendlich lieb mir bist, Wie dich, so lang mein Herz wird schlagen, Auch meine Seele nie vergißt. Kein Wörtlein solltest du erwidern, [Nur freundlich mir]2 in's Auge sehn, Ja, mit gesenkten Augenlidern Nur stumm und schweigend vor mir stehn. [Ich aber]3 legte meine Hände [Dir betend]4 auf das schöne Haupt, [Damit dir Gott]5 den Frieden sende, Den meiner Seele du geraubt.
Text Authorship:
- by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Letzter Wunsch"
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Julius Sturm, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1850, page 32. Note: the last line appeared in this edition as "Den meine Seele dir geraubt", but this misprint was corrected as early as 1856 in Dichterstimmen der Gegenwart. Eine Sammlung vom Felde der deutschen Lyrik seit 1850, herausgegeben von Karl Weller, Leipzig: Heinrich Hübner, 1856, page 464. Editions after this date used "Den meiner Seele du geraubt", as did all the settings marked checked below.
1 Hesse: "noch möcht' ich dir"; Wirz: "möcht' ich dir es"; further changes may exist not noted above.2 Wüllner: "Mir freundlich nur"
3 Gumbert: "Doch ich, ich"
4 Wüllner: "Betend dir"
5 Wüllner: "Auf dass Gott dir"
by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)
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Language: English
Just once, I would like to tell you How unceasingly precious you are to me, How you, as long as my heart is still beating, Will never be forgotten by my soul. You needn’t reply with a single word, Just gaze kindly into my eyes, Yes, with lowered eyelids Just stand before me, speechless and quiet. But I will lay my hands Prayerfully upon your beautiful head, That God might send the peace, Which my soul stole from you.
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