English translations of Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 19
by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882)
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Ave Maria! Jungfrau mild, Erhöre einer Jungfrau Flehen, Aus diesem Felsen starr und wild Soll mein Gebet zu dir hinwehen. Wir schlafen sicher bis zum Morgen, Ob Menschen noch so grausam sind. O Jungfrau, sieh der Jungfrau Sorgen, O Mutter, hör ein bittend Kind! Ave Maria! Ave Maria! Unbefleckt! Wenn wir auf diesen [Felsen sinken]1 Zum Schlaf, und uns dein Schutz bedeckt, Wird weich der harte Fels uns dünken. Du lächelst, Rosendüfte wehen In dieser dumpfen Felsenkluft. O Mutter, höre Kindes Flehen, O Jungfrau, eine Jungfrau ruft! Ave Maria! Ave Maria! Reine Magd! Der Erde und der Luft Dämonen, Von deines Auges Huld verjagt, Sie können hier nicht bei uns wohnen. Wir woll'n uns still dem Schicksal beugen, Da uns dein heil'ger Trost anweht; Der Jungfrau wolle hold dich neigen, Dem Kind, das für den Vater fleht. Ave Maria!
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Adam Storck (1780 - 1822), "Hymne an die Jungfrau", appears in Das Fräulein vom See, in 3. Dritter Gesang. Das Aufgebot., first published 1819
Based on:
- a text in English by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Hymn to the Virgin", appears in The Lady of the Lake, in 3. Canto Third. The Gathering., no. 29, first published 1810
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Das Fräulein vom See. Ein Gedicht in sechs Gesängen von Walter Scott. Aus dem Englischen, und mit einer historischen Einleitung und Anmerkungen von D. Adam Storck, weiland Professor in Bremen. Zweite, vom Uebersetzer selbst noch verbesserte Auflage. Essen, bei G. D. Bädeker. 1823, pages 127-128; and with Das Fräulein vom See. Ein Gedicht in sechs Gesängen von Walter Scott. Aus dem Englischen, und mit einer historischen Einleitung und Anmerkungen von D. Adam Storck, Professor in Bremen. Essen, bei G. D. Bädeker. 1819, pages 135-136.
1 Storck (1819 edition), and Schubert: "Fels hinsinken"Ave Maria! Gentle virgin, Listen to a virgin's prayer; From this rock so solid and wild May my prayer rise towards you. Allow us to sleep safely until the morning, Even though people can be so cruel. Oh virgin, look on the cares of this virgin, Oh mother, hear a begging child! Ave Maria! Ave Maria! Unsullied! When we sink down onto this rock To sleep, and we are covered by your protection, This hard rock will seem to us to be soft. If you smile, the fragrances of roses will waft Into this gloomy cavern in the rock. Oh mother, hear a child's prayer, Oh virgin, a virgin is calling! Ave Maria! Ave Maria! Pure maid! The demons of earth and air, Chased away from the grace of your eyes, They cannot live here with us. We wish to submit quietly to fate, Since you are bestowing your blessed consolation; May you be willing to stoop down to this virgin, To this child who is praying for her father. Ave Maria!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Adam Storck (1780 - 1822), "Hymne an die Jungfrau", appears in Das Fräulein vom See, in 3. Dritter Gesang. Das Aufgebot., first published 1819
Based on:
- a text in English by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Hymn to the Virgin", appears in The Lady of the Lake, in 3. Canto Third. The Gathering., no. 29, first published 1810
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Translations of title(s):
"Ave Maria!" = "Ave Maria"
"Ellens Gesang III" = "Ellen's song III"
"Hymne an die Jungfrau" = "Hymn to the Virgin"
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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.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsglaube", written 1812, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 2, first published 1813
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View original text (without footnotes)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"
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 from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by David Gordon, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsglaube", written 1812, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 2, first published 1813
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Translation of title "Frühlingsglaube" = "Spring faith"
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Ich saß im Grünen, Am klaren Bach Und blickte träumend Den Wellen nach. Und Blumen schauten So [tief]1 hinein: Wie muß es selig Dort unten sein! Und Strahlen glänzten Durch Wipfelgrün, Ich sah am Himmel Die Wölkchen ziehn. Sie zogen freundlich Im Sonnenschein: Wie muß es selig Dort oben sein! Da stand [er]2 vor mir So morgenschön! Kaum wagt' ich bebend [Ihn]2 anzusehn. [Sein]3 Auge strahlte So tief und rein: -- Wie könnt' ich selig Auf Erden sein!
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Bewußtsein"
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Ludwig Rellstab, Gesammelte Schriften, Neue Ausgabe, Zwölfter Band, Gedichte, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1860, pages 78-79.
1 Merxhausen (Decker): "lieb"2 Merxhausen (Decker) gives the option: "sie"
3 Merxhausen (Decker) gives the option: "ihr"
I sat in the greenery By the clear brook And my gaze dreamily Followed the waves. And flowers gazed So [deep]1 into the water: How blissful it must be Down there! And sunbeams sparkled Through the green of the treetops, Upon the heavens I saw The clouds scudding. They moved amiably In the sunshine: How blissful it must be Up there! Then [he]2 stood before me, As beautiful as the morning! Trembling, I hardly dared To look at [him]3. [His]4 eyes shone So deeply and purely: -- How blissfully happy I could be Upon earth!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Bewußtsein"
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Am Bache" = "At the brook"
"Bewußtsein" = "Awareness"
"Das Mädchen am Bache" = "The maiden at the brook"
"Ich sass im Grünen" = "I sat in the greenery"
"Lied" = "Song"
"Selig" = "Blissful"
2 Merxhausen (von Decker) gives the option: "she"
3 Merxhausen (von Decker) gives the option: "her"
4 Merxhausen (von Decker) gives the option: "Her"
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Du bist wie eine Blume So hold und schön und rein; Ich schau' dich an, und Wehmut Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein. Mir ist, als ob ich die Hände Aufs Haupt dir legen sollt', Betend, daß Gott dich erhalte So rein und schön und hold.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825
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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 136.
Thou art, as is a flower, so meek and pure and fine, I look at thee and sadness steals o'er the heart of mine. I feel that both my hands softly thy hair, thy head should seek, praying that God may preserve thee so pure and fine and meek.
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Mi Schatz isch jo schöni, der liebst mer im Land; er druck mer so herzig, so fründli die Hand. Er leugt mer in d' Augli, i weiß jo nit wie, mi Herz unterm Brusttuch chlopft sölli daby. Lalala ... Er nennt mi sie Meidli, flicht Chranz mer ins Hoor, und düsselt mer allzit sie Liebi ins Ohr. Er schlingt um mi füürig im Tanze sie Arm, da wird mer so süessi, so wohl und so warm. Lalala ... Er druckt mer ans Herzli, mer wird wied und weh, potztausig, het heimli e Schmätzli mer ge. Und denk i ans Manne, und heimelt mer's a, wird Niemes, i sag es, ja er nur mi Ma. Lalala ...
My dearest is beautiful indeed, I like him best in the whole country; the way he presses my hand is most friendly and amiable. And when he looks into my eyes, I don't know how I feel, and my heart under my bodice beats blissfully. Lalala ... He calls me his lassie, he weaves wreaths into my hair and incessantly he whispers about love into my ear. When we go to the dance, he twines his arm around my waist, and then I feel so sweet, so well and so warm. Lalala ... When he presses me to his heart, I feel anxious and cosy alternately, and last time he gave me a kiss in all secrecy. So when I'll think of marriage and get the idea to chose a groom, no one, to be sure, shall be my husband but him. Lalala ...
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- Translation from Alemannic to English copyright © 2022 by Johann Winkler, (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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- a text in Alemannic by Adolf Licht (1811 - 1885)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-24
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