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English translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 18

by Eduard Walter

1. Was ist die Liebe?  [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Walter , "Was ist die Liebe?", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Bosworth & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sprach zur Sonne: "Sprich, was ist die Liebe?"
  Sie gab nicht Antwort, gab nur goldnes Licht.
Ich sprach zur Blume: "Sprich, was ist die Liebe?"
  Sie gab mir Düfte, doch die Antwort nicht.

Ich sprach zum Ew'gen: "Sprich, was ist die Liebe?
  Ist's heilger Ernst, ist's süsse Tändelei?" 
Da gab mir Gott ein Weib, ein treues, liebes,
  Und nimmer fragt' ich, was die Liebe sei! 

Text Authorship:

  • by (Friedrich) Emil Rittershaus (1834 - 1897), "Was ist Liebe?"

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by (Friedrich) Emil Rittershaus (1834 - 1897)
1.
[Translation not yet available]
2. Das Blatt im Buche  [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Walter , "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Bosworth & Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich [hab']1 eine alte Muhme,
[Die'n]2 altes Büchlein hat,
Es liegt in dem alten Buche
Ein altes, dürres Blatt.

So dürr [ist wohl auch die Hand schon]3,
[Die ihr's im Lenz einst]4 gepflückt. --
Was mag doch die Alte haben?
Sie weint, [so oft]5 sie's erblickt? --

Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, no title, appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9

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Confirmed with Anastasius Grün Blätter der Liebe, Stuttgart: Druck und Verlag von Gebrüder Franckh, 1830, page 64 (also consulted Gedichte von Anastasius Grün, Vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 34; where the poem has the title "Das Blatt im Buche.")

1 Schultz: "hatte"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die ein"
3 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "sind wohl auch die Hände"
4 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die's einst im Lenz ihr"
5 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "wenn"

by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün
2.
Language: English 
I have an elderly aunt,
Who has a small, old book;
Lying in the old book - 
An old, dry leaf.

So very dry, as well, are the hands
Which once plucked it while in bloom.
What then does the elderly one do?
She weeps when she sees it.

Text Authorship:

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, no title, appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
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