Dutch (Nederlands) translations of Four songs, opus 26

by Alexander Frederic von Hessen (1863 - ?)

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1. There be none of Beauty's daughters  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexander Frederic von Hessen (1863 - ?), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 26 (Four songs) no. ?, published 1935 [ voice and piano ]
Language: English 
There be none of Beauty's daughters
  With a magic like thee;
And like music on the waters
  Is thy sweet voice to me:
When, as if its sound were causing
The [charmèd]1 ocean's pausing,
The waves lie still and gleaming,
And the lull'd winds seem dreaming:

And the midnight moon is weaving
  Her bright chain o'er the deep;
Whose breast is gently heaving
  As an infant's asleep:
So the spirit bows before thee,
To listen and adore thee;
With a full but soft emotion,
Like the swell of Summer's ocean.

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1 Mendelssohn: "charm'd"

by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
1.
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Geen van Schoonheids dochters vele
Is betoov’rend als jij;
Hoor 'k muziek op ’t water spelen:
Zo is jouw stem voor mij.
’t Is alsof jouw zoete tonen
De golven intomen;
De zee ligt stil te blinken
En de winden gaan zinken;

[En de hoge maan werpt stralend
Over zee uit haar lint]1;
Haar borst is stijgend, dalend
Als een kalm slapend kind:
Dus mijn geest komt voor jou buigen,
Jou horen, eer betuigen,
Met emotie vol verfijning,
Als een zee in zomerdeining.

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Singable for both Felix Mendelssohn's and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's settings.
1 Bij Felix Mendelssohn: "En de hoge maan werpt over / De zee stralend een lint"


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Translation © by Lau Kanen