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English translations of Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, opus 156

by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861)

1. Seit ich ihn gesehn  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Seit ich ihn gesehn", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Seit ich ihn gesehen,
  Glaub' ich blind zu sein;
Wo ich hin nur blicke,
  Seh' ich ihn allein;
Wie im wachen Traume
  Schwebt sein Bild mir vor,
Taucht aus tiefstem Dunkel,
  Heller nur empor.

Sonst ist licht- und farblos
  Alles um mich her,
Nach der Schwestern Spiele
  Nicht begehr' ich mehr,
Möchte lieber weinen,
  Still im Kämmerlein;
Seit ich ihn gesehen,
  Glaub' ich blind zu sein.

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 1

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Neunzehnte Auflage (19th edition), Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1869, page 9.


by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
1. Since I saw him
Language: English 
Since I saw him 
I believe myself to be blind, 
where I but cast my gaze, 
I see him alone. 
as in waking dreams 
his image floats before me, 
dipped from deepest darkness, 
brighter in ascent. 

All else dark and colorless 
everywhere around me, 
for the games of my sisters 
I no longer yearn, 
I would rather weep, 
silently in my little chamber, 
since I saw him, 
I believe myself to be blind.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Daniel Platt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 1
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

Translation © by Daniel Platt
2. Ich kann's nicht fassen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben,
  Es hat ein Traum mich berückt;
Wie hätt' er doch unter allen
  Mich Arme erhöht und beglückt?

Mir war's, er habe gesprochen:
  Ich bin auf ewig dein --
Mir war's -- ich träume noch immer,
  Es kann ja nimmer so sein.

O laß im Traume mich sterben,
  Gewieget an seiner Brust,
Den [seligsten]1 Tod mich schlürfen
  In Thränen unendlicher Lust.

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 3

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Neunzehnte Auflage (19th edition), Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1869, page 11.

Note: modernized spelling would change "Thränen" to "Tränen"
1 Austin, Wiseneder, and some editions of Schumann: "seligen"

by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
2. I can't grasp it, nor believe it
Language: English 
I can't grasp it, nor believe it, 
a dream has bewitched me, 
how should he, among all the others, 
lift up and make happy poor me? 

It seemed to me, as if he spoke, 
"I am thine eternally", 
It seemed - I dream on and on, 
It could never be so. 

O let me die in this dream, 
cradled on his breast, 
let the most blessed death drink me up 
in tears of infinite bliss.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Daniel Platt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

    Daniel Platt.  Contact: abelard2 (AT) aol (DOT) com


    If the copyright-holder(s) are unreachable for three business days, please write to: licenses@email.lieder.example.net


Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 3
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

Translation © by Daniel Platt
3. Abend am Meere  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Abend am Meere", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O sieh, der Abendhimmel glüht,
und Purpurwolken zogen,
als wären Rosen aufgeblüht,
dahin am Himmelsbogen.

Die Wellen strahlen es zurück,
sanft schwankend und vergehend;
hinauf, herab send' ich den Blick,
zum Meer, zum Himmel sehend.

Nun steigt der Mond im Silberschein
hell glänzend auf am Himmel,
und Sterne glitzern groß und klein
in unabsehbarem Gewimmel

Am Meere ruhend sehe ich
mit Lust hinauf, hernieder;
ein sanfter Frieden wieget mich,
mild fesselnd Herz und Glieder.

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Marianne Marschner (1804 - 1854)

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Note: Marschner's score indicates the author as "Mar. M.", which might be his wife Marianne Marschner.


possibly by Marianne Marschner (1804 - 1854)
3.
[Translation not yet available]
4. An den Sonnenschein  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O Sonnenschein! o Sonnenschein!
Wie scheinst du mir ins Herz hinein,
Weckst drinnen lauter Liebeslust,
Daß mir so enge wird die Brust!

Und enge wird mir Stub' und Haus,
Und [wenn]1 ich lauf' zum Thor hinaus,
Da lockst du gar ins frische Grün
Die allerschönsten Mädchen hin!

O Sonnenschein! Du glaubest wohl,
Daß ich wie du es machen soll,
Der jede schmucke Blume küßt,
Die eben nur sich dir erschließt?

Hast doch so lang' die Welt erblickt,
Und weißt, daß sich's für mich nicht schickt;
Was machst du mir denn solche Pein?
O Sonnenschein! o Sonnenschein!

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "An den Sonnenschein", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844

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Confirmed with Robert Reinick, Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, Düsseldorf, 1838.

1 Jensen: "wie"

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
4. To sunshine
Language: English 
 O sunshine, o sunshine!
 How you shine into my heart,
 awakening in it such a pure joy in love
 that my chest soon feels too narrow!

 And narrow grows my room and house,
 and when I run out to the gate,
 I see you tempt to the fresh green
 even the fairest maidens!

 O sunshine, do you well believe
 that I should do just as you do,
 and kiss each attractive flower,
 that blooms just for you?

 You have watched the world for a long time
 and you know that, for me, that is not right;
 why then do you cause me such pain?
 O sunshine, o sunshine!

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

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "An den Sonnenschein", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 109

Translation © by Emily Ezust
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