English translations of Drei Lieder, opus 33

by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881)

1. Ich wandre fort in's ferne Land   [sung text not yet checked]
by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Ich wandre fort in's ferne Land ", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich wandre fort [ins ferne]1 Land,
Noch einmal blickt' ich um, bewegt
Und sah, wie sie den Mund geregt,
Und wie gewinket ihre Hand.

Wohl rief sie noch ein freundlich Wort
Mir nach auf meinen trüben Gang,
Doch hört' ich nicht den liebsten Klang,
Weil ihn der Wind getragen fort.

Daß ich mein Glück verlassen muß,
Du rauher, kalter Windeshauch,
Ist's nicht genug, daß du mir auch
Entreißest ihren letzten Gruß?

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1877, pages 187-188. Note for stanza 2, line 2, word 4: in Mendelssohn's score and in some editions of Lenau, there is a misprint of "meinem".

1 Mendelssohn: "in fernes"

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
1. To the wind
Language: English 
I wandered forth to a far-off land;
just one more time I looked back with emotion,
and saw how she moved her mouth 
and how she waved with her hand.

She must have called a friendly word
to send me on my gloomy way,
but I did not hear one beloved sound
because the wind had carried it away.

That I must give up my happiness,
you raw, cold blast of wind,
it should be enough - yet must you also 
tear from me her last farewell?

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2. Wiegenliedchen
by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Wiegenliedchen", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du süsse Kind
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3. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Knospen sprangen, 1 
Da [ist]2 in meinem Herzen
Die Liebe aufgegangen.

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Vögel sangen, 3
Da hab' ich ihr gestanden
Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 112.

1 Lachner adds: "Geweckt von süssen Schmerzen, / Von Sehnsucht sanft umfangen,"
2 Ender: "ist auch"
3 Lachner adds: "Die Blüten sich umwanden, / Die Zweige sich umschlangen,"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
3. In the wonderfully beautiful month of May
Language: English 
In the wonderfully beautiful month of May
When all the buds are bursting open,
There, from my own heart,
Bursts forth my own love.

In the wonderfully beautiful month of May
When all the birds are singing,
So have I confessed to her
My yearning and my longing.

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