English translations of Vier Lieder für Männerchor, opus 116

by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914)

1. Gott schütze die Reben am sonnigen Rhein [sung text not yet checked]

by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Gott schütze die Reben am sonnigen Rhein", op. 116 (Vier Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Hug & Co.

Language: German (Deutsch)

Wie glüht er im Glase!  
Wie flammt er so hold!  
Geschliffnem Topase 
Vergleich' ich sein Gold. 
Und Düfte entschweben 
Ihm blumig und fein. 
Gott schütze die Reben 
Am sonnigen Rhein!  

Durchbraust uns sein Feuer, 
So schmilzt unser Sinn 
Für Euch nur getreuer, 
Ihr Mädlein, dahin! 
Wir schwärmen von Rosen, 
Von Minnen und Frei'n. 
Gott schütze die Rosen 
Am sonnigen Rhein!  

Ob oft auch der Tropfen 
Den Trinker bezwingt, 
Herz-Drücken und Klopfen 
Die Schönheit uns bringt  --  
Wir wollen's vergeben, 
Vergessen, verzeih'n 
Den Rosen und Reben 
Am sonnigen Rhein!

Text Authorship:

by Frida Schanz (1859 - 1944), "Am Rhein"

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Confirmed with Signale für die musikalische Welt, dreiundvierzigster Jahrgang, ed. by Bartholf Senff, Leipzig: Verlag von Bartholf Senff, 1885, page 356. Appears in issue no. 23.

by Frida Schanz (1859 - 1944)

Language: English

How it glows in the glass!
How lovely its flame!
To polished topaz
I can compare its gold. 
And the fragrances that waft from it
Are flow’ry and fine.
God protect the vines 
On the sunny Rhine!

Its fire courses through us,
And mellows our minds,
For you only more loyal,
Young maidens, away!
We’re wild for roses,
For love and for courtship.
God protect the vines 
On the sunny Rhine!

Although the drink often
Subdues the drinker,
The pressure and beating of our hearts
Is brought to us by beauty - 
We want to surrender,
Forget and forgive
The roses and vines
On the sunny Rhine!

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