English translations of Fünf Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, opus posth. 10

by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847)

1. Nach Süden
 (Sung text)
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Nach Süden", op. posth. 10 no. 1 (1841?), published c1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Von allen Zweigen schwingen
Sich wandernde Vögel empor;
Weit durch die Lüfte klingen
Hört man den Reisechor:
Nach Süden! Nach Süden!
In den ewigen Blumenflor.

Ihr Vöglein singt munter hernieder,
Wir singen lustig hinaus.
Wenn der Lenz kommt, kehren wir wieder,
Wieder in Nest und Haus,
Von Süden! Von Süden!
Jetzt aber hinaus! hinaus!

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Confirmed with Meine Lieder. Den Freunden aufgezeichnet, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. Decker), 1861, page 74; note: the author is not specified in the book.


possibly by Wilhelm Hensel (1794 - 1861)
1. To the south
Language: English 
From every branch there leaps
a migratory bird,
resounding far throughout the skies
so that one hears a traveling chorus
going to the south, to the south,
to the land of everlasting flowers.

You little birds sing gaily up there,
we sing merrily out;
when spring comes,
we shall return,
return to nest and house,
from the south! But now - away!

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2. Vorwurf
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by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Vorwurf", op. posth. 10 no. 2 (1841?6?), published c1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du klagst, daß bange Wehmut dich beschleicht,
weil sich der Wald entlaubt,
und über deinem Haupt dahin
der Wanderzug der Vögel streicht.
O klage nicht, bist selber wandelhaft,
denkst du der Liebesglut?
Wie nun so traurig ruht in deiner Brust
die müde Leidenschaft!

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
2. Reproach
Language: English 
 You lament that an anxious despondency comes over you,
 when the leaves of the forest fall
 and over your head
 the train of migrating birds spreads.
 O lament not - you yourself are prone to wander.
 Think of the ardor of your love,
 and how in your breast now dwells only
 mournful, exhausted passion.

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3. Abendbild
 (Sung text)
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Abendbild", op. posth. 10 no. 3 (1846), published c1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Friedlicher Abend senkt sich aufs Gefilde;
Sanft entschlummert Natur, um ihre Züge
Schwebt der Dämmerung zarte Verhüllung, und sie
  Lächelt die Holde;

Lächelt, ein schlummernd Kind in Vaters Armen,
Der voll Liebe zu ihr sich neigt, sein göttlich
Auge weilt auf ihr, und es weht sein Odem 
  Über ihr Antlitz.

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
3.
Language: English 
Peaceful evening sinks down upon the land;
Gently Nature begins to slumber.
Around her floats the tender cover of dusk,
And the lovely one smiles,

Smiles like a slumbering child in its father's arms,
As he, full of love, bends down to her.
His divine eyes linger upon her, and his breath wafts
Across her face.

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Translation of title "Friedlicher Abend" = "Peaceful evening"

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4. Im Herbste
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by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Im Herbste", op. posth. 10 no. 4 (1846?), published c1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf des Gartens Mauerzinne,
bebt noch eine einz'ge Ranke,
also bebt in meinem Sinne,
schmerzlich nur noch ein Gedanke.
Kaum vermag ich ihn zu fassen,
aber dennoch von mir lassen,
will er, ach, zu keiner Frist.
Und so denk ich ihn und trage
alle Nächte, alle Tage,
mit mir fort die dumpfe Klage,
daß du mir verloren bist.

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)
4. In the autumn
Language: English 
 On the top of the garden wall
 there quivers a single last vine,
 just as in my mind there quivers
 painfully a single thought.
 I can hardly catch it,
 but it will not leave me alone,
 alas, not even for one second.
 And so I contemplate it, and endure
 all the nights and days,
 and with me always is the hollow lament,
 that you are lost to me.

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5. Bergeslust
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by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Bergeslust", op. posth. 10 no. 5 (1847), published c1850, stanzas 4-6 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 ... 

  O Lust, vom Berg zu schauen 
Weit über Wald und Strom, 
Hoch über sich den blauen 
den klaren Himmelsdom !
 Hoch über sich den blauen
tiefklaren Himmelsdom! 

  Vom Berge Vögel fliegen 
Und Wolken so geschwind, 
Gedanken überfliegen 
Die Vögel und den Wind.

  Die Wolken ziehn hernieder, 
Das Vöglein senkt sich gleich, 
Gedanken gehn und Lieder 
bis in das Himmelreich.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
5.
Language: English 
 ... 

O joy, to look from the mountain,
far over forest and stream,
high above is the deep blue
of heaven's cathedral!

Fly little bird from the mountain
and clouds so swiftly,
Thoughts fly with
the birds and the wind.

The clouds flow down,
the little bird swoops down also,
Thought and song fly
away into the heavens.

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