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English translations of Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 3

by Th. Birt

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1. Friede
by Th. Birt , "Friede", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie der Mond so klar über Wolken ruht
 . . . . . . . . . .

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1.
[Translation not yet available]
2. Mailied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Th. Birt , "Mailied", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es kommt ein wundersamer Knab'
Itzt durch die Welt gegangen,
Und wo er geht, bergauf, bergab,
Hebt sich ein Glast und Prangen.
In frischem Grün steht Feld und Thal,
Die Vögel singen allzumal,
Ein Blüthenschnee und Regen
Fällt nieder allerwegen.
    Drum singen wir im Wald dies Lied
    Mit Hei- und Tralaleyen,
    Wir singen's, weil es sprießt und blüht,
    Als Gruß dem jungen Maien.
Den Mai ergötzt Gebrumm und Summ,
Ist immer guter Laune,
Drum schwirren durch den Tann herum
Die Maienkäfer braune,
Und aus dem Moos wächst schnell herfür
Der Frühlingsblumen schönste Zier,
Die weißen Glocken läuten
Den Maien ein mit Freuden.
    Drum singen wir im Wald dies Lied
    Mit Hei- und Tralaleyen,
    Wir singen's, weil es sprießt und blüht,
    Als Gruß dem jungen Maien.
Jetzunder denkt, wer immer kann,
Auf Kurzweil, Scherz und Minne;
Manch einem grauen Biedermann
Wird's wieder jung zu Sinne.
Er ruft hinüber über'n Rhein:
"Herzliebster Schatz, o laß mich ein!"
Und hüben tönt's und drüben:
Im Mai da ist gut lieben!
    Drum singen wir im Wald dies Lied
    Mit Hei- und Tralaleyen,
    Wir singen's, weil es sprießt und blüht,
    Als Gruß dem jungen Maien.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), "Mailied", appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Sechstes Stück. Wie jung Werner beim Freiherrn Trompeter ward.

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Confirmed with Josef Viktor von Scheffel, Der Trompeter von Säkkingen. Ein Sang vom Oberrhein, zweihundertfünfundvierzigste Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1899, pages 122-123.


by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886)
2. May-song
Language: English 
A wondrous lad is now coming
A-walking through the world,
And wherever he goes, up hill, down dale,
A radiance and a resplendence begins.
The field and valley stand in fresh greenness,
The birds are all singing,
A shower of blossoms and rain
Falls everywhere.
    Therefore we sing this song in the forest,
    With a hey and a tra-la-la,
    We sing it because everything is sprouting and flowering,
    As a greeting to the young month of May.
May delights in buzzing and humming,
Is ever in good spirits;
Hence brown May-bugs whirr
Around through the pine forest,
And from the moss there quickly grows
The loveliest adornment of all spring flowers,
With joy, its little white bells
Ring in the month of May.
    Therefore we sing this song in the forest,
    With a hey and a tra-la-la,
    We sing it because everything is sprouting and flowering,
    As a greeting to the young month of May.
Whoever can, now thinks
Of amusement, jest, and loving
Many a greying citizen
Finds his spirits rejuvenated.
He calls across the Rhine:
"Beloved darling, oh let me in!"
And on either side of the river one hears:
May is a good month for loving!
    Therefore we sing this song in the forest,
    With a hey and a tra-la-la,
    We sing it because everything is sprouting and flowering,
    As a greeting to the young month of May.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 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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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), "Mailied", appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Sechstes Stück. Wie jung Werner beim Freiherrn Trompeter ward.
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Translator's note: The "lad" in this poem is May (all the months are masculine in German).



This text was added to the website: 2020-09-20
Line count: 36
Word count: 231

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
3. Geblendet
by Th. Birt , "Geblendet", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie du so licht und rein
 . . . . . . . . . .

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3.
[Translation not yet available]
4. Bitte  [sung text not yet checked]
by Th. Birt , "Bitte", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weil' auf mir, du dunkles Auge,
Übe deine ganze Macht,
Ernste, milde, [träumerische]1,
Unergründlich süße Nacht!

Nimm mit deinem Zauberdunkel
Diese Welt von hinnen mir,
Daß du über meinem Leben
Einsam schwebest für und für.

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Bitte", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau's sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [1883], page 11.

1 Bolko von Hochberg: "zauberische"; Sjögren: "träumereiche"

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
4. Linger on me, dark eyes
Language: English 
Linger on me, dark eyes -
exert your entire power,
somber, mild, dream-like,
unfathomably sweet night.

With your magic darkness
take from me this world,
so that above my life
you alone will float forever and ever.

Text Authorship:

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

Translation © by Emily Ezust
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