English translations of Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella, opus 22

by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924)

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1. Frühlingsahnung   [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Frühlingsahnung ", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 1, published 1878 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & 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)
1. 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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2. Frühlingsglaube   [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Frühlingsglaube ", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 2, published 1878 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & 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)
2.
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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3. Künftiger Frühling   [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Künftiger Frühling ", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 3, published 1878 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & 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)
3.
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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4. Morgenlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Morgenlied", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 4, published 1878 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Noch ahnt man kaum der Sonne Licht, 
Noch sind die Morgenglocken nicht 
Im finstern Tal erklungen.

Wie still des Waldes weiter Raum! 
Die Vöglein zwitschern nur im Traum, 
Kein Sang hat sich erschwungen.

Ich hab' mich längst ins Feld gemacht, 
Und habe schon dies Lied erdacht, 
Und hab' es laut gesungen

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
4. Morning song / Sunlight
Language: English 
One hardly yet expects the sun light,
The morning-bells have not
In the darkened valley yet sounded.

How quiet is the forest's wide realm!
The birds chirp only in their dreams,
No song has yet been offered.

I have myself been long in the fields,
And have devised this song already,
And have sung it loudly

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5. Die Kapelle  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Die Kapelle", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 5, published 1878 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Droben stehet die Kapelle,
Schauet still ins Tal hinab,
Drunten [singt]1 bei Wies' und Quelle
Froh und hell der Hirtenknab'.

Traurig tönt das Glöcklein nieder,
Schauerlich der Leichenchor;
Stille sind die frohen Lieder,
Und der Knabe lauscht empor.

Droben bringt man sie zu Grabe,
Die sich freuten in dem Tal.
Hirtenknabe, Hirtenknabe!
Dir auch singt man dort einmal.

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1 Blodek: "sitzt"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
5. The Chapel
Language: English 
 Up there stands the chapel,
 gazing mutely down into the valley;
 lower down, by the meadows and streams,
 the shepherd lad sings blithely and brightly.
 
 Mournfully the little bell tolls down,
 an eerie funeral choir;
 silenced are the merry songs
 and the boy listens. 
 
 Above, they are bearing to the grave
 those who were happy in the valley.
 Shepherd lad, shepherd lad,
 they will one day sing for you as well.

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6. Wanderers Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 6, published 1878 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Über allen [Gipfeln]1
Ist Ruh',
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die [Vögelein]2 schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.3

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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 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.

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.

1 Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Greith, Schubert: "Vöglein"
3 Lachner adds 
Über allen Wipfeln
Ist Ruh',
Balde
Ruhest du auch.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
6. 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.

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