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English translations of Lieder für gemischten Chor, opus 10

by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900)

1. Er ist's!  [sung text not yet checked]
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Er ist's!", op. 10 (Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1870 [ mixed chorus ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Frühling]1 läßt sein blaues Band
Wieder flattern durch die Lüfte;
Süße, wohlbekannte Düfte
Streifen ahnungsvoll das Land.
Veilchen träumen schon,
Wollen balde kommen.
-- Horch, [von fern ein leiser]2 Harfenton!
Frühling, ja du bist's!
Dich hab' ich vernommen!

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Er ist's"

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 42.

1 Eitner: "Der Frühling"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Louis Ferdinand: "von fern her leiser"; Schumann: "ein"

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
1.
Language: English 
Spring lets its blue ribbon
flutter again in the breeze;
a sweet, familiar scent
sweeps with promise through the land.
Violets are already dreaming,
and will soon arrive.
Hark! In the distance - a soft harp tone!
Spring, yes it is you!
It is you that I have heard!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 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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Line count: 9
Word count: 48

Translation © by Emily Ezust
2. Entlaubet ist der Wald
 (Sung text)
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Entlaubet ist der Wald", op. 10 (Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1870, stanzas 1-2 [ mixed chorus ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Entlaubet ist der Walde,
gen diesem Winter kalt,
beraubet wird' ich balde,
meins lieb das macht mich alt.
Dass ich die Schön' muss meiden,
die mir gefallen thut.
Bringt mir manchfältig Leiden,
macht mir fast schweren Mut!

Lasst du mir nichts zur Letze, 
mein feines blondes Maidelein?
das mich die Wil' ergetze,
die ich von dir muss sein!
Die Hoffnung muss mich ernähren,
nach dir so werd' ich krank!
Thu' bald herwieder kehren,
die Zeit ist mir zu lang!

 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
2.
[Translation not yet available]
3. Hüt' du dich
 (Sung text)
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Hüt' du dich", op. 10 (Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1870, stanzas 1-3,5 [ mixed chorus ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich weiß ein Maidlein weiss hübsch und fein, 
  hüt du dich!
Es kann wohl falsch und freundlich sein,
  hüt du dich!
Vertrau ihr nicht, sie narret dich!

Sie hat zwei Äuglein, die sind blau,
  hüt du dich!
Sie werd'n dich überzwerch anschaun,
  hüt du dich!
Vertrau ihr nicht, sie narret dich!

Sie hat ein licht goldfarbenes Haar,
  hüt du dich!
Und was sie red't, das ist nicht wahr,
  hüt du dich!
Vertrau ihr nicht, sie narret dich!

 ... 

Sie giebt dir's Körblein fein gemacht,
  hüt du dich! 
Für einen Narr'n wirst du geacht,
  hüt du dich!
Vetrau ihr nicht, sie narret dich!

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
3.
[Translation not yet available]
4. Nachtgesang
 (Sung text)
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Nachtgesang", op. 10 (Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1870 [ mixed chorus ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Über allen Gipfeln
Ist Ruh',
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Ein Gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815

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Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".

See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
4. Over all the peaks it is peaceful
Language: English 
Over all the peaks
it is peaceful,
in all the treetops
you feel
hardly a breath of wind;
the little birds are silent in the forest...
only wait - soon
you will rest as well.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 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,
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Word count: 34

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5. Der Kehraus 
 (Sung text)
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Der Kehraus ", op. 10 (Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 5, published 1870 [ mixed chorus a cappella ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es fiedeln die Geigen, 
Da tritt in den Reigen 
Ein seltsamer Gast; 
Kennt keiner den Dürren, 
Galant aus dem Schwirren 
Die Braut er sich faßt. 

Hebt an, sich zu schwenken 
In allen Gelenken. 
Das Fräulein im Kranz:
«Euch knacken die Beine -- »
«Bald rasseln auch deine, 
Frisch auf spielt zum Tanz!»

Die Spröde hinterm Fächer, 
Der Zecher vom Becher, 
Der Dichter so lind. 
Muß auch mit zum Tanze, 
Daß die Lorbeern vom Kranze 
Fliegen im Wind.

So schnurret der Reigen 
Zum Saal 'raus ins Schweigen 
Der prächtigen Nacht; 
Die Klänge verwehen, 
Die Hähne schon krähen, 
Da verstieben sie sacht. --

So ging es vor Zeiten 
Und geht es noch heute, 
Und hörest du hell 
Aufspielen zum Reigen, 
Wer weiß, wem sie geigen, --
Hüte dich, Gesell !

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Kehraus", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
5. Dance of Death
Language: English 
The fiddles are playing;
into the round dance there steps
a strange guest.
No one knows this gaunt one,
gallantly from the crowd
he grasps the bride herself.

He lifts her swinging around
the dance floor.
The young woman remarks:
"Your legs are rattling ...
And your joints are creaking,
as we move to the dance!"

The shy one behind her fan,
the reveler in his cups,
the poet so gentle.
Must likewise join in the dance,
as laurel leaves from the wreath
fly off in the wind.

So the round dance whirls on
through the hall out into the silence
of the splendid night;
the sounds fade away,
the cock already crows,
as all whirls away in a cloud of dust.

So, as it has always been
and as it still is today,
when you hear the bright
sounds of the round dance,
who knows, for whom it plays,
be on guard, friend!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by John H. Campbell, (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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Line count: 30
Word count: 153

Translation © by John H. Campbell
6. Frühlingsglaube  [sung text not yet checked]
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Frühlingsglaube", op. 10 (Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 6, published 1870 [ mixed chorus ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die [linden]1 Lüfte sind erwacht,
Sie [säuseln und weben]2 Tag und Nacht,
Sie [schaffen]3 an allen Enden.
O [frischer]4 Duft, o neuer Klang!
Nun armes Herze, sey nicht bang!
Nun muß sich [Alles, Alles]5 wenden.

Die Welt wird schöner [mit]5 jedem Tag,
Man weiß nicht, was noch [werden]6 mag,
Das Blühen [will]7 nicht enden.
Es blüht das fernste, [tiefste]8 Thal.
Nun armes [Herz]9, vergiß [der]10 Qual!
Nun muß sich [Alles, Alles]11 wenden.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsglaube", written 1812, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 2, first published 1813

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Confirmed with Deutscher Dichterwald. von Justinus Kerner, Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué, Ludwig Uhland und Andern. Tübingen in der J. F. Heerbrandt'schen Buchhandlung. 1813, page 5; and with Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland. Stuttgart und Tübingen in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 54.

Note: some editions have a typo in stanza 1, line 2: word 4 is "wehen". Lachner's score also has this typo.

1 Klein: "lauen"
2 Kittl: "säuseln, weben"
3 Hanslick: "schaff'n"
4 Kittl, Unger: "süßer"
5 Kittl, Hanslick: "Alles"
6 Goetz: "kommen"
7 Goetz: "es will"
8 Kittl: "stillste"
9 Goetz: "Herze"
10 Kittl: "die"
11 Hanslick: "Alles"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
6. Spring faith
Language: English 
Balmy breezes are awakened,
They whisper and move day and night,
And everywhere creative.
O fresh scent, o new sound!
Now, poor heart, don't be afraid.
Now all, all must change.

With each day the world grows fairer,
One cannot know what is still to come,
The flowering refuses to cease.
Even the deepest, most distant valley is in flower.
Now, poor heart, forget your torment.
Now all, all must change.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by David Gordon, (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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Translation of title "Frühlingsglaube" = "Spring faith"


This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

Translation © by David Gordon
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