English translations of Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 1
by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907)
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Veilchen, [unter]1 Gras versteckt Wie mit Hoffnung zugedeckt, Veilchen, freue Dich mit mir, Sonne kommt ja auch zu Dir. Sonne scheint mit Liebesschein Tief Dir in Dein Herz hinein, Trocknet Deine Tränen Dir -- Veilchen, freue Dich mit mir!
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- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Veilchen", first published 1843
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View original text (without footnotes)1 in Dresel's first setting: "unter dem", but "dem" disappears in the later setting; Caspary: "unter'm" (and further changes for Caspary may exist not shown above.)
Violet, hiding under the grass, As if covered in hope, Violet, be happy along with me, The sun comes also for you. The sun shines with the light of love Deeply into your heart, Drying up your tears – Violet, be happy along with me!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Veilchen", first published 1843
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Wieder schleicht mit milden Zügen Hoffnung in Dein Herz hinein: O, so lasse Dir genügen An dem sanften, lichten Schein! Soll ich an die Lerche mahnen? -- Kaum ein Fleck vom Schnee befreit: Und sie denkt im Frühlingsahnen Nimmermehr der Winterzeit.
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- by Roman, Freiherr von Budberg-Benninghausen (1816 - 1858), "Hoffe nur! "
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Confirmed with Album nur neuern deutschen Lyrik, zweite Auflage, erster Theil, published 1856. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. page 23; and with Baltische Dichtungen, ed. by Freifrau von Staël-Holstein, Riga: L. Hoerschelmann, 1896, pages 50 - 51.
Ach! Giebt's denn gar kein Vöglein mehr, Das mir vom Frühling wollte sagen? Es ist mein Herz zum Sterben schwer Von den gestorbnen, sel'gen Tagen. Ihr wißt es ja vom Frühling noch, Wie ich so lieb die Lieder habe! O Vöglein, Vöglein, singt mir doch Ein einzig Lied [nur noch vor'm]1 Grabe!
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- by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz (1823 - 1891), no title, appears in Amaranth, in Amaranth's Herbsteslieder
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: "giebt's" is an older form of spelling of "gibt's"
1 Noseda: "noch vor dem"Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn, Röslein auf der Heiden, War so jung und morgenschön, Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn, Sah's mit vielen Freuden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein [roth]1, Röslein auf der Heiden. Knabe sprach: ich breche dich, Röslein auf der Heiden! Röslein sprach: ich steche dich, Daß du ewig denkst an mich, Und ich will's nicht leiden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth, Röslein auf der Heiden. Und der wilde Knabe brach 's Röslein auf der Heiden; Röslein wehrte sich und stach, Half [ihr]2 doch kein Weh und Ach, Mußt' es eben leiden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth, Röslein auf der Heiden.
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Heidenröslein", written 1771, first published 1772
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 17.
First published in a different version by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1772 with the title "Fabelliedchen", and again in 1779 with the title "Röschen auf der Heide" (see below).
1 Lang: "schön"2 Reichardt: "ihm"
Passing lad a rose blossom spied, Blossom on the heath growing, 'Twas so fair and of youthful pride, Raced he fast to be near its side, Saw it with joy o'erflowing. Blossom, blossom, blossom red, Blossom on the heath growing. Said the lad: I shall pick thee, Blossom on the heath growing! Blossom spoke: Then I'll prick thee, That thou shalt ever think of me, And I'll not be allowing. Blossom, blossom, blossom red, Blossom on the heath growing. And the lusty lad did pick The blossom on the heath growing; Blossom, in defense, did prick, 'Twas, alas, but a harmless nick, Had to be allowing. Blossom, blossom, blossom red, Blossom on the heath growing.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 1996 by Walter Meyer, (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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Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Als alle Knospen sprangen, 1 Da [ist]2 in meinem Herzen Die Liebe aufgegangen. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Als alle Vögel sangen, 3 Da hab' ich ihr gestanden Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 112.
1 Lachner adds: "Geweckt von süssen Schmerzen, / Von Sehnsucht sanft umfangen,"2 Ender: "ist auch"
3 Lachner adds: "Die Blüten sich umwanden, / Die Zweige sich umschlangen,"
In the wonderfully beautiful month of May When all the buds are bursting open, There, from my own heart, Bursts forth my own love. In the wonderfully beautiful month of May When all the birds are singing, So have I confessed to her My yearning and my longing.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Paul Hindemith, (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 Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1
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