English translations of Zwei Lieder für gemischten Chor, opus 53

by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881)

1. Komme bald  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Komme bald", op. 53 no. 1, published 1880 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer,
[Nur]1 wie Schleier liegt [mein]2 Kummer
  Zitternd über mir.
Oft im Traume hör' ich dich
Rufen [draus vor meiner]3 Thür:
Niemand wacht und öffnet dir,
  Ich erwach' und weine bitterlich.

Ja ich werde sterben müssen,
Eine andre wirst du küssen,
  Wenn ich bleich und kalt.
Eh die Maienlüfte [wehen]4,
Eh die Drossel singt im Wald:
Willst du [mich noch einmal sehen]5,
  [Komm, o komme bald!]6

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Lingg, Fünfte vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1864, page 72. Note: modern German would change the following spelling: "Thür" -> "Tür".

1 Röhmeyer: "Und"
2 Röhmeyer: "der"
3 Orff: "draus vor der"; Röhmeyer: "draußen vor der Tür"
4 Brahms: "wehn"
5 Brahms, Steuer: "mich noch einmal sehn"; Thuille: "einmal noch mich sehen"
6 Thuille: "Komme bald, o komme, komme bald!"

by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905)
1. My slumber grows ever more peaceful
Language: English 
My slumber grows ever more peaceful;
and only like a thin veil now does my anxiety
lie trembling upon me.
Often in my dreams I hear you
calling outside my door;
no one is awake to let you in,
and I wake up and weep bitterly.

Yes, I will have to die;
another will you kiss,
when I am pale and cold.
Before the May breezes blow,
before the thrush sings in the forest:
if you wish to see me once more,
come, o come soon!

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2. Altdeutsches Lied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Altdeutsches Lied", op. 53 no. 2, published 1880 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wir beide sein verbunden
Und fest geknüpfet ein,
Glückselig sein die Stunden,
Wann wir beisammen sein.

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Note: as quoted by (or written by?) Berthold Auerbach: Auf der Höhe, Dritter Band - Kapitel 12 (third book, chapter 12).

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2.
Language: English 
We are connected,
And tightly tied together,
The hours are blissful,
Whenever we are together.

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