English translations of Zwei Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianoforte, opus 38

by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941)

1. Das Waldhorn

by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Das Waldhorn", op. 38 (Zwei Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianoforte), published 1893 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Linz a/D., Fink

Language: German (Deutsch)

Wie lieblich hallt durch Busch und Wald
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2. Der Leiermann

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by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Der Leiermann", op. 38 (Zwei Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Linz a/D., Fink

Language: German (Deutsch)

Drüben hinter'm Dorfe
Steht ein Leiermann,
Und mit starrem Finger
Dreht er was er kann.

Baarfuß auf dem Eise
Wankt er hin und her;
Und sein kleiner Teller
Bleibt ihm immer leer.

Keiner mag ihn hören,
Keiner sieht ihn an;
Und die Hunde knurren
Um den alten Mann.

Und er läßt es gehen
Alles, wie es will,
Dreht, und seine Leier
Steht ihm nimmer still.

Wunderlicher Alter, 
Soll ich mit dir gehn?
Willst zu meinen Liedern
Deine Leier drehn?

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Der Leiermann", written 1822-23, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 24, first published 1823

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First published in Deutsche Blätter (see above) as no. 10 of the installment of Die Winterreise. Lieder von Wilhelm Müller.

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

2. The hurdy-gurdy-man

Language: English

There, behind the village, 
stands a hurdy-gurdy-man,
And with numb fingers 
he plays the best he can.

Barefoot on the ice, 
he staggers back and forth,
And his little plate 
remains ever empty.

No one wants to hear him, 
no one looks at him,
And the hounds snarl 
at the old man.

And he lets it all go by, 
everything as it will,
He plays, and his hurdy-gurdy
is never still.

Strange old man, 
shall I go with you?
Will you play your hurdy-gurdy 
to my songs?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Der Leiermann", written 1822-23, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 24, first published 1823
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