English translations of Eine Frühlingsliebe, opus 12

by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867)

1. Du bist so still  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Du bist so still", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du bist so [still]1, so sanft, [so]2 [sinnig]3,
Und schau' ich dir in's Angesicht,
Da leuchtet mir verständnißinnig
Der [dunkeln]4 Augen frommes Licht.

Nicht Worte giebst du dem Gefühle,
Du redest nicht, du lächelst nur;
So lächelt in des Abends Kühle
Der lichte Mond auf Wald und Flur.

In Traumesdämmerung allmählich
Zerrinnt die ganze Seele mir,
Und nur das Eine fühl' ich selig,
Daß ich vereinigt bin mit dir.

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1 Pache: "süß"; Wölfl: "hold"
2 Pache: "und"
3 Petri, Rosenhain, Wölfl: "innig"; further changes may exist not shown above.
4 Pache: "lieben"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
1.
Language: English 
You are so quiet, so gentle, so thoughtful,
And when I gaze into your face,
I see, shining, a deep understanding
In the solemn light of your dark eyes.

You don’t give any words to this feeling,
You don’t speak, but only smile;
Just as, in the cool of the evening,
The bright moon smiles on forest and field.

Gradually, in the twilight of dreaming,
My entire soul dwindles away,
And the only thing that brings me bliss,
Is that I am united with you.

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2. Verborgenheit  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Verborgenheit", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Laß, o Welt, o laß mich sein!
Locket nicht mit Liebesgaben,
Laßt dies Herz alleine haben
Seine Wonne, seine Pein!

Was ich traure, weiß ich nicht,
Es ist unbekanntes Wehe;
Immerdar durch Tränen sehe
Ich der Sonne liebes Licht.

Oft bin ich mir kaum bewußt,
Und die helle Freude zücket
Durch die Schwere, so mich drücket,
Wonniglich in meiner Brust.

Laß, o Welt, o laß mich sein!
Locket nicht mit Liebesgaben,
Laßt dies Herz alleine haben
Seine Wonne, seine Pein!

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 101.

Note to stanza 3, line 3: in some anthologies this line is given erroneously as "Durch die Schwere, die mich drücket."


by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
2. Seclusion
Language: English 
Oh, world, let me be!
Entice me not with gifts of love.
Let this heart in solitude have
Your bliss, your pain!

What I mourn, I know not.
It is an unknown pain;
Forever through tears shall I see
The sun's love-light.

Often, I am scarcely conscious
And the bright joys break
Through the pain, thus pressing
Delightfully into my breast.

Oh, world, let me be!
Entice me not with gifts of love.
Let this heart in solitude have
Your bliss, your pain!

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3. Abendstille  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Abendstille", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Schwalbe schwingt zum Abendliede
Sich auf das Stänglein unterm Dach,
Im Feld und in der Stadt ist Friede,
Fried' ist im Haus und im Gemach.

Ein Schimmer fällt vom Abendrote
Leis in die stille Straß' herein
Und vorm Entschlafen sagt der Bote
Es werd' ein schöner Morgen sein.

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
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4. Wie die jungen Blüthen leise träumen
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by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Wie die jungen Blüthen leise träumen", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie die jungen Blüthen leise träumen
In der stillen Mitternacht!
Schüchtern spielt der Mondschein in den Bäumen,
Daß die Blüthe nicht erwacht.

So auch flüstert, was ich sing' und sage,
Ziehet wie das Mondenlicht
Leise hin durch deine Blüthentage,
Und mein Lied, es stört dich nicht.

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
4.
Language: English 
How the young blossoms dream quietly
In the silent midnight!
The moonlight frolics timidly in the trees
So that the blossom does not waken.

Thus also whispers what I sing and say,
Passes like the moonlight
Quietly through your blossom-days,
And my song, it does not disturb you.

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Translations of title(s):
"Blüten-Traum" = "Blossom-dream"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Lied" = "Song"
"Lied der Nacht" = "Song of the Night"
"Wie die jungen Blüten leise träumen" = "How the young blossoms dream quietly"
"Wie die jungen Blüthen" = "How the young blossoms"
"Wie die jungen Blüthen leise träumen" = "How the young blossoms dream quietly"



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5. Fahr wohl
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by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Fahr wohl", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du bist so schön! dürft' ich dir sagen
wie tief mein wundes Herz dich liebt,
wie es mit Klagen und Verzagen
sich schmerzlich dir zu eigen giebt!
Es ruht im Schatten der Gedanken
mein dunkler Geist ein tiefer See,
blickst du wie Mondlicht auf den Kranken,
entführt, entführt ist alles Weh.

Wie aus dem See ein Zug von Schwänen
aufrauscht aus meiner Brust das Lied,
du bist das Land, zu dem ein Sehnen
es über weite Meere zieht.
Fahr' wohl, fahr' wohl! vom Bann der Schmerzen
bleib' ich für immer unterjocht,
daß ich dich sah und dir im Herzen
Gefühl zu wecken nicht vermocht'.

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by Alfred von Meißner (1822 - 1885)
5.
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6. Frühlingsregen
 (Sung text)
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Frühlingsregen", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich lausche in das mitternacht'ge Schweigen,
mein Auge wacht;
es rauscht der Regen in bewegten Zweigen
so heimlich sacht,
Natur weint wieder voll von süßen Schmerzen
sich aus einmal,
wie eine Jungfrau weint aus tiefem Herzen
in Sehnsuchtsqual.
Doch mit dem Morgen trocknet sie die Thränen,
ihr Antlitz lacht,
und Niemand ahnt und weiß dann um ihr Sehnen
in stiller Nacht.

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by Ludwig August Frankl (1810 - 1894)
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7. Aus den östlichen Rosen
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by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Aus den östlichen Rosen", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sende einen Gruß wie Duft der Rosen,
Ich send' ihn an ein Rosenangesicht.
Ich sende einen Gruß wie Frühlingskosen,
Ich send' ihn an ein Aug voll Frühlingslicht.
Aus Schmerzensstürmen, die mein Herz durchtosen,
Send' ich den Hauch, dich unsanft rühr' er nicht!
Wenn du gedenkest an den Freudelosen,
So wird der Himmel meiner Nächte licht.

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
7. A greeting from one far away
Language: English 
I send a greeting like the scent of roses;
I send it to a rosy face.
I send a greeting like Spring caresses,
I send it to eyes full of Spring's light.
Of the storms of pain that roar through my heart,
I send only a breath - so that it will not disturb you harshly!
If you think about this joyless being,
the heaven of my nights will become bright.

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8. Nachtlied
 (Sung text)
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Nachtlied", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 2, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Dürft' ich mit dir dort oben gehn,
Du träumerischer Mond,
Ich könnte wohl hinübersehn,
Wo die Geliebte wohnt!

Zu glücklich ist die Nachtigall,
Die in dem Lindenbaum
Vor ihrem Haus mit süßem Schall
Durchklinget ihren Traum!

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by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)
8. Night song
Language: English 
If I could travel with you up there,
You dreamful moon,
I might well be able to see over
To where my beloved lives!

Too happy is the nightingale
That in the linden tree
In front of her house fills
Her dreams with sweet sound!

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Translations of title(s):
"Dürft ich mit dir dort oben gehen" = "If I could travel with you up there"
"Nachtgesang" = "Song at night"
"Nachtlied" = "Night song"
"Nachts" = "At night"



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9. Die blauen Frühlingsaugen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 3, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Die blauen Frühlingsaugen
Schau'n aus dem Gras [hervor]1;
Das sind die [lieben]2 Veilchen,
Die ich zum Strauß erkor.

  Ich pflücke sie und denke,
Und die Gedanken all,
Die mir im Herzen seufzen,
Singt laut die Nachtigall.

  [Ja,]3 was ich denke, singt sie
[Lautschmetternd]4, daß es schallt;
Mein zärtliches Geheimnis
Weiß schon der ganze Wald.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 243

1 Decker: "empor"
2 Methfessel: "blauen"
3 Decker: "Und"
4 Methfessel, Thuille: "Und schmettert"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
9.
Language: English 
  The blue eyes of spring 
Peep [forth]1 from the grass;
Those are the [dear]2 violets
That I chose for a bouquet.

  I pick them and I ponder,
And all of the thoughts
That are sighing within my heart,
The nightingale sings them loudly.

  [Yes,]3 what I'm thinking, [the nightingale] sings
[Like a loud]4 clarion, so that it resounds;
My most tender secret
Is already known to the whole wood.

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Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingslied II" = "Spring song II"
"Schubert" = "Schubert"
"Im Frühling" = "In spring"
"Verratene Liebe" = "Revealed love"
"Das verrathene Geheimniss" = "The revealed secret"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Neuer Frühling" = "New spring"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen schau'n aus dem Gras hervor" = "The blue eyes of spring peep forth from the grass"
"Lautes Geheimnis" = "Open secret"
"Verratene Liebe: Duett" = "Revealed love: duet"
"Das Veilchen" = "The violet"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen" = "The blue eyes of spring"
"Frühlingsaugen" = "Eyes of spring"
"Duett" = "Duet"

1 von Decker "up"
2 Methfessel "blue"
3 von Decker "And"
4 Methfessel "And like a"


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10. Kommen und Scheiden  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Kommen und Scheiden", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
So oft sie kam, erschien mir die Gestalt
So lieblich wie das erste Grün im Wald.

Und was sie sprach, drang mir zum Herzen ein
Süß wie des Frühlings erstes Lied [im Hain]1.

Und als Lebwohl sie winkte mit der Hand,
War's, ob der letzte Jugendtraum mir schwand.

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
10. Arrival and Parting
Language: English 
Whenever she came, her image appeared to me
As beautiful as the first green of the forest.

And what she said penetrated my heart
As sweetly as the first song of spring [in the grove]1.

And when in farewell she waved with her hand,
It was as if the last dream of youth disappeared for me.

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11. Bitte
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by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Bitte", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weil' auf mir, du dunkles Auge,
Übe deine ganze Macht,
Ernste, milde, träumerische,
Unergründlich süße Nacht!

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

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
11. 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.

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12. Junius Lieder  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Junius Lieder", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1850 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Nun]1 die Schatten dunkeln,
Stern [an]2 Stern erwacht:
Welch ein Hauch der Sehnsucht
Flutet [in der]3 Nacht!

Durch das [Meer]4 der Träume
Steuert ohne Ruh',
[Steuert]5 meine Seele
Deiner Seele zu.

Die sich dir ergeben,
Nimm sie ganz dahin!
Ach, du weißt, daß nimmer
Ich [mein]6 eigen bin.

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Juniuslieder, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 34.

1 Lewy: "Wenn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Bolko von Hochberg: "bei"
3 Bolko von Hochberg, Hermann, Rubinstein, Schachner, Zumpe: "durch die"
4 Bolko von Hochberg: "Reich"
5 Hermann: "Sehnend"
6 Schachner: "mir"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
12. Now the shadows are darkening
Language: English 
Now the shadows are darkening
star after star is waking up:
what a breath of longing
is flooding through the night!

Across the sea of dreams,
steering ceaselessly
my soul is steering
towards your soul.

Anything that surrenders to you
is to be taken completely.
Oh, you know, that I am no longer
my own.

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