English translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 23

by Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896)

1. Andenken  [sung text not yet checked]
by Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896), "Andenken", op. 23 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich denke dein,
[Wenn]1 durch den Hain
Der Nachtigallen
[Akkorde]2 schallen!
[Wann]3 denkst du mein?

Ich denke dein
Im Dämmerschein
Der Abendhelle
Am Schattenquelle!
Wo denkst du mein?

Ich denke dein
Mit süßer Pein,
Mit bangem Sehnen
[Und]4 heißen Thränen!
Wie denkst du mein?

[O denke mein,]5
Bis zum Verein
Auf besserm Sterne!
In jeder Ferne
Denk' ich nur dein!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Erster Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, pages 276-277, and with Friedrich von Matthisson, Gedichte, fifteenth edition, Zurich: Orell, Fuessli & Co., 1851, pages 217-218.

First published in Flora Teutschlands Töchtern geweiht von Freunden und Freundinnen des schönen Geschlechts. Erstes Vierteljahr. Tübingen, 1802. In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 3-4.

1 Matthisson (editions until 1803): "Wann"
2 Lang (both settings): "Accorde"
3 Matthisson (editions after 1803): "Wenn"
4 Lang (c1835 setting): "Mit"
5 Lang (c1835 setting), Matthisson (Flora 1802): "Ich denke dein"

by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)
1. Remembrance
Language: English 
I think of you
When through the grove
The nightingales
Sing out their chords!
When do you think of me?

I think of you
At the twilight
Of evening
By the shadowy spring!
Where do you think of me?

I think of you
With sweet pain,
With anxious longing
And hot tears!
How do you think of me?

O think of me
Until our union
On a better star!
However distant I may be
I think only of you!

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2. Die Liebende schreibt  [sung text not yet checked]
by Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896), "Die Liebende schreibt", op. 23 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein Blick von deinen Augen in die meinen,
Ein Kuß von deinem Mund auf meinem Munde,
Wer davon hat, wie ich, gewisse Kunde,
Mag dem was anders wohl erfreulich scheinen?

Entfernt von dir, entfremdet von den Meinen,
Führ' ich stets die Gedanken in die Runde,
Und immer treffen sie auf jene Stunde,
Die einzige: da fang' ich an zu weinen.

Die Thräne trocknet wieder unversehens:
Er liebt ja, denk' ich, her in diese Stille,
Und solltest du nicht in die Ferne reichen?

Vernimm das Lispeln dieses Liebewehens;
Mein einzig Glück auf Erden ist dein Wille,
Dein freundlicher zu mir; gib mir ein Zeichen!

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  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die Liebende schreibt", written 1807-08, 8th sonnet of Sämtliche Gedichte, first published 1815

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 10.


by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2. The loving woman writes
Language: English 
One look from your eyes into mine,
One kiss from your lips on my lips,
Can one who has certain knowledge of these, as I,
Take pleasure in anything else?

Far from you, separated from my loved ones,
I let my thoughts roam constantly,
And always they alight upon that one
Single hour: and I begin to weep.

Suddenly my tears are dried:
He loves indeed, I reflect, here in this stillness,
Oh, should you not reach out to me in the far distance?

Hear these whispered words of love
My sole happiness on earth is your goodwill to me;
Give me a sign!

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