English translations of Fuenf Lieder, opus 3

by Adelin Marie Clovis (1867 - 1941)

1. Nur einmal möcht ich Dir noch sagen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Adelin Marie Clovis (1867 - 1941), "Nur einmal möcht ich Dir noch sagen", op. 3 (Fuenf Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Den Haag : Blok
    Score: Haags Gemeente Archief [external link]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nur einmal [möcht' ich dir noch]1 sagen,
Wie du unendlich lieb mir bist,
Wie dich, so lang mein Herz wird schlagen,
Auch meine Seele nie vergißt.

Kein Wörtlein solltest du erwidern,
[Nur freundlich mir]2 in's Auge sehn,
Ja, mit gesenkten Augenlidern
Nur stumm und schweigend vor mir stehn.

[Ich aber]3 legte meine Hände
[Dir betend]4 auf das schöne Haupt,
[Damit dir Gott]5 den Frieden sende,
Den meiner Seele du geraubt.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Julius Sturm, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1850, page 32. Note: the last line appeared in this edition as "Den meine Seele dir geraubt", but this misprint was corrected as early as 1856 in Dichterstimmen der Gegenwart. Eine Sammlung vom Felde der deutschen Lyrik seit 1850, herausgegeben von Karl Weller, Leipzig: Heinrich Hübner, 1856, page 464. Editions after this date used "Den meiner Seele du geraubt", as did all the settings marked checked below.

1 Hesse: "noch möcht' ich dir"; Wirz: "möcht' ich dir es"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Wüllner: "Mir freundlich nur"
3 Gumbert: "Doch ich, ich"
4 Wüllner: "Betend dir"
5 Wüllner: "Auf dass Gott dir"

by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)
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Language: English 
Just once, I would like to tell you
How unceasingly precious you are to me,
How you, as long as my heart is still beating,
Will never be forgotten by my soul.

You needn’t reply with a single word,
Just gaze kindly into my eyes,
Yes, with lowered eyelids
Just stand before me, speechless and quiet.

But I will lay my hands
Prayerfully upon your beautiful head,
That God might send the peace,
Which my soul stole from you.

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