English translations of Drei Lieder, opus 4
by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936)
Wer zum ersten Male liebt, Seis auch glücklos, ist ein Gott; Aber wer zum zweiten Male Glücklos liebt, der ist ein Narr. Ich, ein solcher Narr, ich liebe Wieder ohne Gegenliebe! Sonne, Mond und Sterne lachen, Und ich lache mit - und sterbe.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 63
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«[Lebe wohl!]1» - Du [fühlest]2 nicht, Was es heißt, dies Wort der Schmerzen; Mit getrostem Angesicht [Sagtest du's und]3 leichtem Herzen. [Lebe wohl!]1 - Ach, tausendmal Hab' ich mir es vorgesprochen. Und in nimmersatter Qual Mir das Herz damit gebrochen.
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- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Lebewohl"
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, pages 54-55.
1 Cahn-Speyer: "Lebewohl!"2 Cahn-Speyer: "fühlst es"; Graben-Hoffmann: "fürchtest" (according to Hofmeister), further changes may exist not shown above.
3 Cahn-Speyer: "Sprachest du's, mit"
Farewell! you feel not what this means - this word of pain; with a confident face you said it, and with a light heart. Farewell! Alas! a thousand times I have pronounced it to myself, and with insatiable torment, broken my own heart with it!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Lebewohl"
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Translations of titles
"Lebe wohl" = "Farewell"
"Lebewohl" = "Farewell"
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Wenn ich auf dem Lager liege In Nacht [und Kissen]1 gehüllt, So schwebt mir vor ein süßes, Anmutig liebes Bild! Wenn mir der stille Schlummer Geschlossen die Augen kaum, So schleicht [das Bild sich leise]2 Hinein in meinen Traum [Doch]3 mit dem Traum des Morgens Zerrinnt es nimmermehr; Dann trag' ich es im Herzen Den ganzen Tag umher.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 49
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine's Sämmtliche Werke, Erster Band: Reisebilder, Dritte Auflage, Philadelphia: Verlag von John Weik, 1856, pages 29-30.
1 omitted by Mendelssohn
2 Lang: "das liebe Bild"
3 Lang: "Und"
When I lie on the bed, shrouded in night and cushions, So floats before me a sweet, lovely dear image. When silent slumber has barely closed my eyes, So creeps the image quietly into my dream. And in the morning it never fades away with the dream: Then I carry it about with me in my heart the whole day.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 49
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