English translations of Drei Duette für 2 Sopran mit Pianoforte, opus 34

by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924)

1. Übermuth  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Übermuth", op. 34 (Drei Duette für 2 Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1887 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein' Gems auf dem Stein,
Ein Vogel im Flug,
Ein Mädel, das klug,
Kein Bursch holt die ein.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
1. Presumption
Language: English 
A mountain goat upon the rock,
A bird in flight,
A girl who is clever,
No lad will catch up to them.

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English title for the setting by Brahms: "A mountain goat upon the rock"


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2. Die Sterne durch den Himmel geh'n  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Die Sterne durch den Himmel geh'n", op. 34 (Drei Duette für 2 Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1887 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die [Sterne]1 durch den Himmel gehn
[Mit]2 reinem Schimmer,
Sie können zur Erde niedersehn
Und weinen nimmer.

Die Blumen sehn der Sterne Lust
Mit stillem Sehnen,
Und ihren Augen, unbewußt,
Entquillen Thränen.

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1 Fesca: "Sternlein"
2 Rotschild: "In"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
2. Song
Language: English 
The stars shine through the heavens
[With]1 perfect brilliance;
They can look down on earth
And never weep.

The flowers witness the delight of the stars
With quiet longing,
And from their eyes, unconsciously,
Flow tears.

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1 Rothschild: "in"


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3. Der Schäfer  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Der Schäfer", op. 34 (Drei Duette für 2 Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1887 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war ein fauler Schäfer,
Ein rechter Siebenschläfer,
Ihn kümmerte kein Schaf.

Ein Mädchen konnt' ihn fassen,
Da war der Tropf verlassen,
Fort Appetit und Schlaf!

Es trieb ihn in die Ferne,
Des Nachts zählt er die Sterne,
Er klagt und härmt sich brav.

Nun da sie ihn genommen, 
Ist alles wieder kommen,
Durst, Appetit und Schlaf.

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Sieben und vierzigster Band, Stuttgart & Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1833, page 37.

Note: See also the folk text Siebenschläfer.


by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
3.
Language: English 
Once there was a lazy shepherd -
a true lazy-bones -
concerned over no sheep.
 
A maiden tried to catch him,
and then the twit lost
appetite and sleep!
 
He's driven to distant places;
at night he counts the stars;
and he laments and grieves deeply.
 
Now, since she has accepted him,
everything is back to normal:
thirst, appetite and sleep.

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Translation of title "Der Schäfer" = "The shepherd"


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