English translations of Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 1

by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927)

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1. Gefunden  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Gefunden", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1892 [ soprano and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich ging im Walde
So für mich hin,
Und Nichts zu suchen,
Das war mein Sinn.

Im Schatten sah ich
Ein Blümchen stehn,
Wie Sterne leuchtend,
Wie Äuglein schön.

Ich wollt' es brechen,
Da sagt' es fein:
"Soll ich zum Welken
Gebrochen sein?"

Ich grub's mit allen
Den Würzlein aus,
Zum Garten trug ich's
Am hübschen Haus.

Und pflanzt' es wieder
Am stillen Ort;
Nun zweigt es immer
Und blüht so fort.

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
1. Found
Language: English 
I was walking in the woods
Just [enjoying] being there,
And seeking nothing [in particular] out,
That was my state of mind.

In the shade I saw
A little flower standing,
Shining like stars,
Like beautiful little eyes.

I wanted to pick it,
When it said sweetly:
“Shall I wither [after]
Being picked?”

I dug it all out [preserving]
Its little roots,
I carried it to the garden
Next to my pretty house.

And replanted it
In a silent place;
Now [new] sprigs appear
And bloom immediately.

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Translation of title "Gefunden" = "Found"


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2. Altes Minnelied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Altes Minnelied", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1892 [ soprano and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Du bist mein! Ich bin dein!]1
Des sollst du [gewiß]2 sein.
Du bist [beschlossen]3 in meinem Herzen,
Verloren ist das Schlüsselein - 
[Du mußt immer darinnen sein!]4

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1 Cornelius, Grabert, Kleffel, Meyer-Helmund, Mottl, Raff, Rosenthal: "Ich bin dein, du bist mein,"
2 Humperdinck: "gewiß mir" ; Rosenthal: "ganz gewisse"
3 Rosenthal: "verschlossen"
4 Cornelius, Kleffel, Meyer-Helmund: "Nun mußt du immer drinnen sein." ; Humperdinck: "Du mußt immer drinnen sein." ; Mottl: "So musst du stets darinnen sein!"; Raff: "Nun musst du immer darinnen sein."; Rosenthal: "Drum mußt du immer drinne sein"

2. Old courtly love-song
Language: English 
[You are mine! I am yours!]1
Of that you may be [sure]2.
You are locked up within my heart,
The little key is lost -
[You]3 must always remain in there!

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Translations of title(s):
"Altes Minnelied" = "Old courtly love-song"
"Alter Liebesreim" = "Old love-rhyme"
"Du bist mein, ich bin dein" = "Your are mine, I am yours"
"Altdeutsches Liebeslied" = "Old German love-song"
"Dein" = "Yours"
"Ich bin dein" = "I am yours"
"Altdeutscher Liebesreim" = "Old German love-rhyme"
"Du bist mein" = "You are mine"
"Ich bin Dein, Du bist mein" = "I am yours, you are mine"
"Liebesreim" = "Love rhyme"
"Ein Wort der Liebe" = "A word of love"

1 Cornelius, Meyer-Helmund, Rosenthal: "I am yours, you are mine"
2 Rosenthal "completely sure"
3 Cornelius, Meyer-Helmund: "Now you"


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3. Wiegenlied
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Wiegenlied", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1892 [ soprano and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number
Language: German (Deutsch) 
In dem Frieden heil'ger Nacht schlaf' in süsser Ruh'!
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by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927)
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4. Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein [Fichtenbaum]1 steht einsam
Im Norden auf kahler Höh';
Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke
Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee.

Er träumt von einer Palme,
Die fern im Morgenland,
Einsam und [schweigend]2 trauert
Auf brennender Felsenwand.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.

1 Biegeleben: "Tannenbaum"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Marx: "schweigsam"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
4. A spruce-tree stands alone
Language: English 
 A spruce-tree stands alone
 in the north, on the bare heights;
 it slumbers; in a white blanket
 it is surrounded by ice and snow.
 
 It dreams of a palm tree
 which, far-off in the land of the morning,
 grieves, alone and mute,
 on a burning, rocky wall.

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5. Geständniss
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Geständniss", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was hast du mir gestanden, daß mir dein Herz gehört
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6. Wandrers Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der du [von dem Himmel]1 bist,
[Alles Leid]2 und Schmerzen [stillest]3,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]4,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
[Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]5
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

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Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

Notes
Line 1: Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after the first word (likely a typo)
Line 8: Backer-Grøndahl's score has a typo in word 5 ("meiner" instead of "meine")

1 Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
2 Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
3 Schubert: "stillst"
4 Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
5 Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
6. Wanderer's night song
Language: English 
You who are from heaven,
You quiet all sorrow and pain;
And he who is doubly wretched
You fill with twice as much [comfort]1.
Ah! I am tired of being driven!
For what is all this pain and joy?
Sweet peace,
Come, ah, come into my heart!

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1 for Schubert's version: "delight"


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7. Nun die Schatten dunkeln  [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number
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)
7. 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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