English translations of Fünf Lieder nach Theodor Storm, opus 351

by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963)

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1. Lied des Harfenmädchens  [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Lied des Harfenmädchens", op. 351 (Fünf Lieder nach Theodor Storm) no. 1 (2023) [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Heute, nur heute 
bin ich so schön,
morgen, ach, morgen
muß alles vergeh'n!

Nur diese [Stunden]1
bist du noch mein;
sterben, ach, sterben
soll ich allein.

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Note: Reger SW lists this as "Dichter[in] unbekannt" (unknown poet). The text is sometimes included in anthologies as "Lied des Harfenmädchens"

1 Lessmann: "Stunde"

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
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2. Die Nachtigall  [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Die Nachtigall", op. 351 (Fünf Lieder nach Theodor Storm) no. 2 (2023) [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Das]1 macht, es hat die Nachtigall
Die ganze [Nacht]2 gesungen;
Da sind von ihrem süssen Schall,
Da sind [in]3 Hall und Widerhall
Die [Rosen]4 aufgesprungen.
 
Sie war doch sonst ein wildes [Kind]5,
[Nun]6 geht sie [tief]7 in Sinnen,
Trägt in der Hand den Sommerhut
Und duldet [still]8 der Sonne Glut
Und weiß nicht, was beginnen.

Das macht, es hat die Nachtigall
Die ganze Nacht gesungen;
Da sind von ihrem süssen Schall,
Da sind [in]3 Hall und Widerhall
Die [Rosen]4 aufgesprungen.

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1 Watkinson: "Es"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Hasse: "Tag" (from Hofmeister); further changes may exist not noted above.
3 Scholz: "von"
4 Greger: "Knospen"
5 Berg, Scholz: "Blut"
6 Wolff: "Jetzt"
7 Greger: "still"
8 Wolff: "stumm"

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
2. The nightingale
Language: English 
It happened because the nightingale 
sang the whole night long;
from her sweet call,
from the echo and re-echo,
roses have sprung up.

She was but recently a wild blossom,
and now she walks, deep in thought;
she carries her summer hat in her hand,
enduring quietly the heat of the sun,
knowing not what to begin.

It happened because the nightingale 
sang the whole night long;
from her sweet call,
from the echo and re-echo,
roses have sprung up.

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Translation of title "Die Nachtigall" = "The nightingale"


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3. Mondlicht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Mondlicht", op. 351 (Fünf Lieder nach Theodor Storm) no. 3 (2023) [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie liegt im [Mondenlichte]1
[Begraben]2 nun die Welt;
Wie selig ist der Friede,
Der sie umfangen hält! 

Die Winde müssen schweigen,
So sanft ist dieser Schein;
Sie säuseln nur und weben
Und schlafen endlich ein. 

Und was in Tagesgluten
Zur Blüte nicht erwacht,
Es öffnet seine Kelche
Und duftet in die Nacht. 

Wie bin ich solchen Friedens
Seit lange nicht gewohnt! 
Sei du in meinem Leben
Der liebevolle Mond!

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Confirmed with Theodor Storm, Gesammelte Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Walter Herrmann. Erster Band. Gedichte / Erzählungen, Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig, 1895, page 47.

Note: in the Wallnöfer autograph there is a typo in stanza 4, line 3, word 3 ("Seit" instead of "Sei")

1 Bade: "Mondenscheine"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Wallnöfer: "Vergraben"

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
3. Moonlight
Language: English 
See how the world lies,
Buried in moonlight,
How blissful the peace,
That embraces it!

The winds must fall quiet
At the gentleness of this radiance;
They can only murmur and eddy
And finally fall asleep.

And what has not awakened
To bloom in the heat of day,
Opens its chalice
And perfumes the night.

I am not accustomed
To such peacefulness!
Remain in my life,
Beloved moon!

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"Im Mondenlicht" = "In Moonlight"
"Mondlicht" = "Moonlight"



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4. Im Volkston (Als ich dich kaum gesehn)  [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Im Volkston (Als ich dich kaum gesehn)", op. 351 (Fünf Lieder nach Theodor Storm) no. 4 (2023) [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Als ich dich kaum geseh'n,
Mußt es mein Herz gestehn,
Ich [könnt]1 dir nimmermehr
Vorübergehn.

Fällt nun der Sternenschein
Nachts in mein Kämmerlein,
Lieg ich und schlafe nicht
Und denke dein.

Ist doch die Seele mein
So ganz geworden dein,
Zittert in deiner Hand,
Tu ihr kein Leid!

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1 Scheiding: "konnt'"

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
4.
Language: English 
Hardly did I look at you,
Than my heart had to avow,
that I could never again
Stop thinking of you.

Now when the light of the stars falls
into my little room at night,
I lie sleepless
and think of you.

For my soul
so completely belongs to you
that it trembles in your hand;
do not hurt it!

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5. Schließe mir die Augen beide  [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Schließe mir die Augen beide", op. 351 (Fünf Lieder nach Theodor Storm) no. 5 (2023) [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Schließe mir]1 die Augen beide
mit den lieben Händen zu;
geht doch alles, was ich leide,
unter deiner Hand zur Ruh.
Und wie leise sich der Schmerz
Well' [um]2 Welle schlafen [leget]3,
[wie]4 der letzte Schlag sich [reget]5,
füllest du mein ganzes Herz.

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1 Karg-Elert: "Schliess mir du"
2 Wolff: "und"
3 Greger: "legt"
4 Karg-Elert: "wenn"
5 Greger: "regt"

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
5. Close both my eyes
Language: English 
Close both my eyes
with your dear hands;
So everything that I suffer
goes to rest under your hand.
And as silently the pain,
wave by wave, goes to sleep;
as the last blow falls,
you fill my whole heart.

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Translation © by Jakob Kellner