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English translations of Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, opus 5

by Iver Holter (1850 - 1941)

1. An den Mond  [sung text not yet checked]
by Iver Holter (1850 - 1941), "An den Mond", op. 5 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Füllest wieder Busch und Thal
Still mit Nebelglanz,
Lösest endlich auch einmal
Meine Seele ganz;

Breitest über mein Gefild
Lindernd deinen Blick,
Wie des Freundes Auge mild
Über mein Geschick.

Jeden Nachklang fühlt mein Herz
Froh- und trüber Zeit,
Wandle zwischen Freud' und Schmerz
In der Einsamkeit.

Fließe, fließe, lieber Fluß!
Nimmer werd' ich froh,
So verrauschte Scherz und Kuß,
Und die Treue so.

Ich besaß es doch einmal,
Was so köstlich ist!
Daß man doch zu seiner Qual
Nimmer es vergißt!

Rausche, Fluß, das Thal entlang,
Ohne Rast [und]1 Ruh,
Rausche, flüstre meinem Sang
Melodien zu,

Wenn du in der Winternacht
Wüthend überschwillst,
Oder um die Frühlingspracht
Junger Knospen quillst.

Selig, wer sich vor der Welt
Ohne Haß verschließt,
Einen Freund am Busen hält
Und mit dem genießt,

Was, von Menschen nicht gewußt
Oder nicht bedacht,
Durch das Labyrinth der Brust
Wandelt in der Nacht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An den Mond", written 1777, first published 1789

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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, pages 111-112; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, pages 153-154.

Note: The initial version of this poem, sent to Charlotte von Stein in March 1778, has not been published by Goethe (see below).

1 Schubert (D.296 only): "und ohne"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
1. You fill bush and valley again
Language: English 
You fill bush and valley again
quietly with a splendid mist
and finally set loose
entirely my soul.

You spread over my domain
gently your gaze,
as mildly as a friend's eye
over my fate.

Every echo my heart feels,
of happy and troubled times;
I alternate between joy and pain
in my solitude.

Flow, flow on, dear river!
Never shall I be cheerful,
so faded away have jokes and kisses become -
and faithfulness as well.

I possessed once
something so precious,
that, to my torment,
it can never be forgotten now.

Murmur, river, beside the valley,
without rest and calm;
murmur on, whispering for my song
your melodies,

whenever you, on winter nights,
ragingly flood over,
or, in the splendor of spring,
help swell young buds.

Blissful is he who, away from the world,
locks himself without hate,
holding to his heart one friend
and enjoying with him

that which is unknown to most men
or never contemplated,
and which, through the labyrinth of the heart,
wanders in the night.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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2. Lied der Mignon  [sung text not yet checked]
by Iver Holter (1850 - 1941), "Lied der Mignon", op. 5 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Weiß, was ich leide!
Allein und abgetrennt
Von aller Freude
[Seh]1 ich an's Firmament
Nach [jener]2 Seite.
[Ach, der]3 mich liebt [und kennt]4,
Ist in der Weite.
Es [schwindelt]5 mir, es brennt
Mein Eingeweide.
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Weiß, was ich leide!

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1785, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 118; and with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Neunzehnter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1828, page 67.

First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Zweyter Band. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, pages 265-266. The poem appears in Book 4, Chapter 11 of Goethe's novel.

1 Schubert (D. 310, first version): "Blick"
2 Lang: "jeder"
3 Goethe (only in the novel, not in editions of the poems): "Ach! der"; Zelter: "Ach, die"
4 omitted by Zeisl.
5 Goethe (only in editions of the novel later than 1815, not in editions of the poems): "schwindet"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2.
Language: English 
Only one who knows longing
Knows what I suffer!
Alone and cut off
From all joy,
I look into the firmament
In that direction.
Ah! he who loves and knows me
Is far away.
I am reeling,
My entrails are burning.
Only one who knows longing
Knows what I suffer!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Lawrence Snyder, (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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3. Des Mädchens Klage  [sung text not yet checked]
by Iver Holter (1850 - 1941), "Des Mädchens Klage", op. 5 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Eichwald [brauset]1,
Die Wolken [ziehn]2,
Das Mägdlein [sitzet]3
An Ufers Grün,
Es bricht sich die Welle mit Macht, mit Macht,
Und sie [seufzt]4 hinaus in die [finstre]5 Nacht,
Das Auge [von]6 Weinen [getrübet]7.

"Das Herz ist gestorben,
Die Welt ist leer,
Und weiter giebt sie
Dem Wunsche nichts mehr.
Du Heilige [rufe]8 dein Kind zurück,
Ich habe genossen das irdische Glück,
Ich habe gelebt und geliebet!"

Es rinnet der Thränen
Vergeblicher Lauf,
Die Klage sie wecket
Die Todten nicht auf,
Doch nenne, was tröstet und heilet die Brust
Nach der süßen Liebe [verschwundener]9 Lust,
Ich, die himmlische, wills nicht versagen.

["]10Laß rinnen der Thränen
Vergeblichen Lauf,
Es [wecke]1 die [Klage]12
Den Todten nicht auf,
Das süßeste Glück für die [traurende]13 Brust,
Nach der schönen Liebe [verschwundener]9 Lust,
Sind der Liebe Schmerzen und Klagen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Des Mädchens Klage", written 1798, first published 1799

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Confirmed with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1799, herausgegeben von Schiller. Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaischen Buchhandlung, pages 208-209; with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller. Erster Theil. Leipzig, 1800. bey Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 67-68; and with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller. Erster Theil. Zweite von neuem durchgesehene Auflage. Leipzig, 1804. bei Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 67-68.

First published 1799 in Schiller's Musen-Almanach, and later, only stanzas 1-2 (with slight textual modifications and a different line break), in Die Piccolomini, act 3, scene 7 (Thekla's song).

1 La Trobe, Lang (f minor setting), Schubert (D.191 and D.389): "braust"
2 Schubert (D.6, first occurrence only): "ziehen"
3 Schubert (D.191 and D.389): "sitzt"; Piccolomini edition, used by Felix La Trobe, Mendelssohn, Zumsteeg and Rheinberger: "wandelt"
4 Piccolomini edition, used by La Trobe, Felix Mendelssohn, Zumsteeg: "singt"
5 Randhartinger: "finstere"
6 Schiller (editions from 1810), and Schubert: "vom"
7 Schubert (D.6): "getrübt"
8 Schubert (D.6): "ruf'"
9 Rheinberger: "entschwundener"; Schubert (D.191, second version only): "verschwund'ner"
10 Quotation mark eliminated in Schiller's revised edition of 1804.
11 Bachmann: "wecket"
12 Rheinberger: "Träne"
13 Schubert (D.191 and D.389), Rheinberger: "trauernde"

by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
3. The oaks roar, the clouds rush by
Language: English 
The clouds rush by, the oaks roar,
The maiden rests on the green by the shore
as wave breaks with force, with force
And she sighs into the gloomy night.
eyes blurred with tears.

"My heart has died, the world is empty,
no wishes left to me in this life,
oh, gods take your child back,
I have relished earthly bliss,
I have lived and loved."

The tears run down to no end,
Mourning will not bring back the dead,
Tell me what eases the ache
For sweet love's lost passion.
I, the heavenly, will not deny it.

Let flow the fruitless tears,
The lament will not wake the dead!
The sweetest joy for the soul mourning
For sweet love's lost passion,
Are love's sorrow and lament.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2005 by Linda Godry, (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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4. Wandrers Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Iver Holter (1850 - 1941), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André
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

Text Authorship:

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

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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)
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,
    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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Ein Gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Translation © by Emily Ezust
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