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English translations of Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 5

by Marguerite Melville (1879 - 1935)

1. O wag' es nicht mit mir zu scherzen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Marguerite Melville (1879 - 1935), "O wag' es nicht mit mir zu scherzen", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O, wag' es nicht, mit mir zu scherzen,
Zum Scherzen schloß ich keinen Bund;
O, spiele nicht mit meinem Herzen;
Weißt du noch nicht, wie sehr es wund?

Weil ich so tief für dich entbrannte,
Weil ich mich dir gezeigt so weich,
Dein Herz die süße Heimat nannte,
Und deinen Blick mein Himmelreich:

O, rüttle nicht den Stolz vom Schlummer,
Der süßer Heimat sich entreißt,
Dem Himmel, mit verschwiegnem Kummer
Auf immerdar den Rücken weist.

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An *", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
1.
Language: English 
Oh, don't you dare joke with me,
I did not offer to marry you in jest;
Oh, do not trifle with my heart!
Don't you know how much it aches?

Because [passion] engulfed me so deeply,
Because I showed you how tender I was,
Calling your heart my sweet homeland
And your glance the realm of heaven:

Oh do not rattle Pride awake from its slumber,
For it will tear itself away from that sweet homeland
And in mute grief, turn its back
Forever on that Heaven.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

    For any other purpose, please write to the e-mail address below to request permission and discuss possible fees.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 87

Translation © by Emily Ezust
2. Liebeshoffnung  [sung text not yet checked]
by Marguerite Melville (1879 - 1935), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich thöricht Kind
Ich liebe Dich,
Und weiß doch nimmer: 
Liebst Du auch mich? 
  Ich fragte die Blumen 
  Groß und klein;
  Ach leider die meisten 
  [Sie]1 sagten Nein. -- 
  Die dummen Blumen
  Sie wissen nicht 
Was es heißt, was es heißt: "Er liebt [mich]2 nicht." 

Ich thöricht Kind 
Ich liebe Dich,
Und wähne immer:
Du liebst auch mich.
  Ich fragte mein Herze: 
  "Was meinest Du?"
  Das rief mir freudig
  "Er liebt Dich" zu.
  O du mein Herze
Weißt sicherlich,
Was es heißt, was es heißt: "Er liebet mich."

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Liebes-Hoffnung", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844

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1 Gumbert: "Die"
2 Gumbert: "dich"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
2.
Language: English 
I foolish child
I love you,
And yet I never know:
Do you also love me?
I asked the flowers
Large and small;
Ah, sadly, most of them
Said No. –
The stupid flowers – 
They don’t know
What it means, what it means: “He loves me not.”

I foolish child, 
I love you,
And always have imagined:
You love me too.
I asked my heart:
“What do you think?
It called to me joyfully
“He loves you.”
Oh you, my heart,
Surely know,
What it means, what it means: “He loves me.”

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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3. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön  [sung text not yet checked]
by Marguerite Melville (1879 - 1935), "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1!
Das wissen die Vögelein:
Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder,
Und [singen so fröhliche]2 Lieder
In den blauen Himmel hinein.

Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1!
Das wissen die Flüss' und [die Seen]3:
Sie [malen]4 im klaren Spiegel
Die Gärten [und Städt' und]5 Hügel,
Und die [Wolken]6, die drüber [geh'n]7!

[Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,]8
Und [Kinder und and're]9 Leut'!
Und [wer's]10 nicht malt, der singt es,
Und [wer's]10 nicht singt, dem klingt es
[In dem Herzen vor]11 lauter Freud'!

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844

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Confirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.

1 Messer: "so schön"
2 Stöckhardt: "singen fröhliche"
3 Blech, Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer, Reger, Reinecke: "Seen"
4 Blech: "malen's"
5 Reger: "und"; Reinecke: "und Städte und"
6 Blech: "weißen Wolken"
7 Reinecke: "zieh'n"
8 Reinecke: "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!"
9 Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer: "es wissen's viel and're"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "es wissen's viel andere"; Reinecke: "wissen's viel and're"
10 Blech, Reinecke: "wer es"
11 Blech, Brahms, Reinecke: "Im Herzen vor"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "Im Herzen voll"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
3. How beautiful the earth is!
Language: English 
 How beautiful, how beautiful the earth is!
 The little birds know that;
 They lift their airy feathers
 And sing such joyous songs,
 And sing unto the blue heavens.

 How beautiful, how beatiful the earth is!
 The rivers and lakes know this;
 They paint in their clear mirrors
 The gardens and cities and hills,
 And the clouds that drift above!

 And singers and painters know it,
 And so do many other folk;
 And he who does not paint it, sings it,
 And he who does not sing it,
 His heart rings with it in sheer joy!

Text Authorship:

  • by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "How beautiful the earth is!", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 96

Translation © by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)
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