English translations of Vier Gesänge, opus 2

by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889)

1. Da drüben  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Da drüben", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Da drüben über'm Walde
Da singt ein Vogel schön,
Da drüben an dem Bache
Seh' ich ein Rehlein geh'n,
Da drüben!
 
Und wo der Vogel singet
Und wo das Rehlein geht,
Da drüben bei den Tannen
Der Liebsten Hütte steht,
Da drüben!
 
Möcht' mit dem Vogel singen,
[Und zu]1 dem Rehlein geh'n,
Da drüben heimlich lauschend
Durch's kleine Fenster seh'n,
Da drüben!

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1 Kirchner: "Möcht' mit"

by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)
1. Down yonder o'er the forest
Language: English 
Down yonder o'er the forest
there sings a radiant bird,
down yonder by the streamlet
I see a young doe walk,
down yonder! down yonder!
 
And where the bird doth sing
and where the doe doth walk
down yonder by the fir trees
the hut of my dearest stands,
down yonder! down yonder!
 
Would I could sing with the birds
Would I could walk with the does,
down yonder list'ning in secret
glancing through windows small.

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2. Die blauen Frühlingsaugen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Die blauen Frühlingsaugen", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Die blauen Frühlingsaugen
Schau'n aus dem Gras [hervor]1;
Das sind die [lieben]2 Veilchen,
Die ich zum Strauß erkor.

  Ich pflücke sie und denke,
Und die Gedanken all,
Die mir im Herzen seufzen,
Singt laut die Nachtigall.

  [Ja,]3 was ich denke, singt sie
[Lautschmetternd]4, daß es schallt;
Mein zärtliches Geheimnis
Weiß schon der ganze Wald.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 243

1 Decker: "empor"
2 Methfessel: "blauen"
3 Decker: "Und"
4 Methfessel, Thuille: "Und schmettert"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2.
Language: English 
  The blue eyes of spring 
Peep [forth]1 from the grass;
Those are the [dear]2 violets
That I chose for a bouquet.

  I pick them and I ponder,
And all of the thoughts
That are sighing within my heart,
The nightingale sings them loudly.

  [Yes,]3 what I'm thinking, [the nightingale] sings
[Like a loud]4 clarion, so that it resounds;
My most tender secret
Is already known to the whole wood.

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Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingslied II" = "Spring song II"
"Schubert" = "Schubert"
"Im Frühling" = "In spring"
"Verratene Liebe" = "Revealed love"
"Das verrathene Geheimniss" = "The revealed secret"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Neuer Frühling" = "New spring"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen schau'n aus dem Gras hervor" = "The blue eyes of spring peep forth from the grass"
"Lautes Geheimnis" = "Open secret"
"Verratene Liebe: Duett" = "Revealed love: duet"
"Das Veilchen" = "The violet"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen" = "The blue eyes of spring"
"Frühlingsaugen" = "Eyes of spring"
"Duett" = "Duet"

1 von Decker "up"
2 Methfessel "blue"
3 von Decker "And"
4 Methfessel "And like a"


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3. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Am leuchtenden [Sommermorgen]1
Geh' ich im Garten herum.
Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen,
[Ich aber, ich wandle stumm.]2

Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen,
Und [schaun]3 mitleidig mich an:
Sei [unserer]4 Schwester nicht böse,
Du trauriger blasser Mann.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 150.

Note for stanza 1, line 4: Heine's first version of this poem had "Ich aber wandle stumm."

1 Gaul: "Frühlingsmorgen"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Schumann: "Ich aber wandle stumm"
3 Franz: "schauen"
4 Franz, R. Schumann: "unsrer"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
3. On a shining summer morning
Language: English 
On a shining summer morning
I wander around my garden.
The flowers are whispering and speaking;
I, however, wander silently.

The flowers are whispering and speaking
And look at me sympathetically.
"Do not be angry with our sister,
You sad, pale man."

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