English translations of Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte, opus 10

by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924)

1. Haidenröslein  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Haidenröslein", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn,
Röslein auf der Heiden,
War so jung und morgenschön,
Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn,
Sah's mit vielen Freuden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein [roth]1,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
 
Knabe sprach: ich breche dich,
Röslein auf der Heiden!
Röslein sprach: ich steche dich,
Daß du ewig denkst an mich,
Und ich will's nicht leiden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
 
Und der wilde Knabe brach
's Röslein auf der Heiden;
Röslein wehrte sich und stach,
Half [ihr]2 doch kein Weh und Ach,
Mußt' es eben leiden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth,
Röslein auf der Heiden.

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 17.

First published in a different version by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1772 with the title "Fabelliedchen", and again in 1779 with the title "Röschen auf der Heide" (see below).

1 Lang: "schön"
2 Reichardt: "ihm"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
1. Rose blossom on the heath
Language: English 
Passing lad a rose blossom spied,
Blossom on the heath growing,
'Twas so fair and of youthful pride,
Raced he fast to be near its side,
Saw it with joy o'erflowing.
Blossom, blossom, blossom red,
Blossom on the heath growing.

Said the lad: I shall pick thee,
Blossom on the heath growing!
Blossom spoke: Then I'll prick thee,
That thou shalt ever think of me,
And I'll not be allowing.
Blossom, blossom, blossom red,
Blossom on the heath growing.

And the lusty lad did pick
The blossom on the heath growing;
Blossom, in defense, did prick,
'Twas, alas, but a harmless nick,
Had to be allowing.
Blossom, blossom, blossom red,
Blossom on the heath growing.

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2. In der Ferne  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "In der Ferne", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Will ruhen unter den Bäumen hier,
Die [Vögelein]1 hör' ich so gerne.
Wie [singet]2 ihr so zum Herzen mir!
Von [unsrer]3 Liebe was wisset ihr
In dieser weiten Ferne?

Will ruhen hier an des Baches Rand,
Wo [duftige Blümlein]4 sprießen.
Wer hat euch Blümlein, [hieher]5 gesandt?
Seid ihr ein [herzliches]6 Liebespfand
Aus der Ferne von meiner Süßen?

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1 Aggházy, Herrmann, Unger: "Vöglein"
2 Herrmann: "singt"
3 Andersson: "meiner"
4 Aggházy: "duftige Blumen"; Herrmann: "duft'ge Blumen"
5 Brahms, Andersson: "hierher"
6 Herrmann: "herzlich"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
2. Far away
Language: English 
I will rest under the trees here,
I enjoy listening to the little birds so much;
How can your singing affect my heart so!
What do you know of our love,
In this far-off place?

I will rest here on the edge of the brook,
Where fragrant little flowers sprout.
Who has sent you little blossoms here?
Are you a heartfelt pledge of love
From my far-off sweetheart?

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3. Frühlingsahnung   [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Frühlingsahnung ", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O sanfter, süsser Hauch!
[Schon]1 weckest du wieder
Mir Frühlingslieder,
Bald [blühen]2 die Veilchen auch.

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 39.

1 Lang: "Wie"
2 Kahn: "blühn"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
3. Anticipation of spring
Language: English 
 O gentle, sweet breath!
 Already you inspire me
 to songs of spring again;
 soon the violets will start blooming as well.

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4. Frühlingsglaube   [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Frühlingsglaube ", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
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.

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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)
4.
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.

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Translation of title "Frühlingsglaube" = "Spring faith"


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5. Frühlingsruhe  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O legt mich nicht ins [dunkle]1 Grab,
Nicht unter die grüne [Erd']2 hinab!
Soll ich begraben sein,
[Lieg' ich]3 in's tiefe Gras hinein.
 
In Gras und Blumen [lieg']4 ich [gern]5,
Wenn eine Flöte tönt von fern
Und wenn hoch obenhin
Die hellen Frühlingswolken ziehn.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1815, page 55.

1 Schorch: "kühle"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Lang: "Erde"
3 Lang: "legt mich"
4 Medtner: "liegt' "
5 Lang: "so gern"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
5.
Language: English 
Oh do not lay me into the [dark]1 grave,
Not down below the green earth!
If I must be buried,
[I shall lie in]2 the deep grass.
 
I [lie]3 [gladly]4 in grass and flowers,
When a flute sounds from afar,
And when high above me
The bright clouds of spring pass by.

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Translated titles:
"Frühlingsberuhigung" = "Springtime reassurance"
"Frühlingsruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
"Frühlings-Ruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
1 Schorch: "cool"
2 Lang: "Lay me into "
3 Medtner: "lay"
4 Lang: "so gladly "


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6. Künftiger Frühling  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Künftiger Frühling", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wohl blühet jedem Jahre
Sein Frühling mild und licht,
Auch jener große, klare --
Getrost! er fehlt dir nicht;
Er ist dir noch beschieden
Am Ziele deiner Bahn,
Du ahnest ihn hienieden,
Und droben bricht er an.

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Confirmed with Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 41, titled "Künftiger Frühling". The poem was titled "Der grosse Frühling" in the fourth edition of the collection, 1829.


by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
6.
Language: English 
For every year, there blooms
Its springtime, gentle and bright,
Yon great, clear one as well --
Take heart! you shall not miss it;
It is allotted to you yet
At the goal of your path,
You sense it here below,
And there in the beyond it shall dawn.

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Translations of title(s):
"Getrost" = "Take heart!"
"Künft'ger Frühling" = "A future springtime"
"Künftiger Frühling" = "A future springtime"



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