English translations of Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 6
by Rafael Behn
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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.
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- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Bitte", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht
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View original text (without footnotes)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"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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Ich stand in [dunkeln]1 Träumen Und [starrte]2 ihr Bildniß an, Und das geliebte Antlitz Heimlich zu leben begann. Um ihre Lippen zog sich Ein Lächeln wunderbar, Und wie von Wehmuthsthränen [Erglänzte]3 [ihr]4 Augenpaar. Auch meine Thränen flossen Mir von [den Wangen]5 herab -- Und ach, ich [kann es]6 nicht glauben, Daß ich Dich verloren hab'!
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1823-24, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 23, first published 1826
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von H. Heine. Hamburg bei Hoffmann und Campe. 1827, page 201; and with Reisebilder von H. Heine. Erster Theil. Hamburg, bey Hoffmann und Campe. 1826, page 27.
1 Mendel: "dunklen"2 Beach, Grieg, Schubert: "starrt'"
3 Hinrichs: "das"
4 Voss: "erglänzt"
5 Voss: "der Wang'"
6 Grieg, Hinrichs, Mendel, Schumann, Voss: "kann's"
I stood in gloomy daydreams and gazed at her portrait, and that well-beloved countenance began furtively to come to life. About her lips there seemed to glide a wondrous smile, and, as if they were about to fill with nostalgic tears, her eyes glistened. And my tears flowed down my cheeks - and ah, I cannot believe that I have lost you!
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Translations of titles
"Ihr Bildnis" = "Her portrait"
"Ihr Bild" = "Her portrait"
"Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen" = "I stood in gloomy daydreams"
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Allen tut es weh im Herzen, Die den bleichen Knaben sehn, Dem die Leiden, dem die Schmerzen Aufs Gesicht geschrieben stehn. Mitleidvolle Lüfte fächeln Kühlung seiner heißen Stirn; Labung möcht ins Herz ihm lächeln Manche sonst so spröde Dirn'. Aus dem wilden Lärm der Städter Flüchtet er sich nach dem Wald. Lustig rauschen dort die Blätter, Lust'ger Vogelsang erschallt. Doch der Sang verstummet balde, Traurig rauschet Baum und Blatt, Wenn der Traurige dem Walde Langsam sich genähert hat.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Der Traurige", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 1
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Der Mond ist aufgegangen, ich wandre
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Jetzt wird sie wohl [im]1 Garten gehen, Der blüht und glüht im [Sonnenlicht]2, Und in [die]3 Ferne wird sie spähen, Mich aber, ach, mich sieht sie nicht. Und [eine]4 Rose wird sie brechen Mit stummer Wehmuth im Gesicht, Und meinen Namen wird sie sprechen. Ich aber, ach, ich hör' es nicht!
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- by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872), "In der Ferne", appears in Buch der Liebe, in 2. Zweites Buch
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Robert Prutz, Buch der Liebe, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Keil, 1874, page 53.
1 Zemlinsky: "in dem"2 Zemlinsky: "Sommerlicht"
3 Zemlinsky: "der"
4 Zemlinsky: "die"
Now, she will surely go into the garden, Which blooms and glows in the sunlight, And afar off she will peer about. But me, ah! me she does not see. And she will pluck a rose, With wordless nostalgia on her face, And then she’ll speak my name. But I, ah! I will not hear it.
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Hörst du nicht die Quellen gehen Zwischen Stein und Blumen weit Nach den stillen Waldesseen, Wo die Marmorbilder stehen In der schönen Einsamkeit? Von den Bergen sacht hernieder, Weckend die uralten Lieder, Steigt die wunderbare Nacht, Und die Gründe glänzen wieder, Wie du's oft im Traum gedacht. Kennst die Blume du, entsprossen In dem mondbeglänzten Grund? Aus der Knospe, halb erschlossen, Junge Glieder blühend sprossen, Weiße Arme, roter Mund, Und die Nachtigallen schlagen, Und rings hebt es an zu klagen, Ach, vor Liebe todeswund, Von versunknen schönen Tagen -- Komm, o komm zum stillen Grund!
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Nachtzauber", written 1853, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 222. Note: in some posthumous anthologies, the poem appears with the title "Einsamkeit", cf. Dichtergrüße. Neuere deutsche Lyrik ausgewählt von Elise Polko, Leipzig, G. F. Amelang's Verlag, 1873, page 140 (the text splits the first stanza into two stanzas of five lines each, then omits the first five lines of the second stanza and leaves the last five lines as its third stanza, while changing line -3 to "Ach, von Liebe todeswund"; the poem is also titled "Einsamkeit" in Deutscher Hort, Bände 44 – 47, Kunst und Leben 3.Teil, Leipzig : Verlag von Quelle & Meyer, 1925, p.10.
Do you not hear the spring running between the stones and flowers far toward the quiet wood lakes, where the marble statues stand in fine solitude? From the mountains, gently awakening ancient songs, the wondrous night descends and the earth gleams again as you often see in a dream. Do you know the flower that blooms in the moonlit land, from whose buds, half-open, young limbs bloom with white arms and red mouth? And the nightingale sings, and all around, a lament is raised; alas, wounded fatally by love, by lovely days now gone forever - come, o come to the silent land!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Nachtzauber", written 1853, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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Translation of title "Nachtzauber" = "Night magic"This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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