English translations of Sex sange, opus 1

by K. G. Ochsner

1. Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen  [sung text not yet checked]
by K. G. Ochsner , "Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen", op. 1 (Sex sange) no. 1
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen,
Mag es hageln, mag es stürmen,
Klirrend [an mein Fenster]1 schlagen,
Nimmer will ich mich beklagen!
Denn ich trage in der Brust
Liebchens Bild und Frühlingslust.

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1 Raff: "mir ans Fenster"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1.
Language: English 
Though the snow piles up outdoors,
Though it hails, though it storms,
[Though it] rattles against my window,
Never shall I complain!
For I carry in my breast
The image of my beloved and the rapture of spring!

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In der Brust = In my breast Liebchens Bild = My beloved's image Mag da draussen Schnee sich thürmen = Though the snow piles up outdoors Mag da draußen Schnee sich türmen = Though the snow piles up outdoors Mag da drauszen =Though outdoors



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2. Im Walde wandl' ich und weine  [sung text not yet checked]
by K. G. Ochsner , "Im Walde wandl' ich und weine", op. 1 (Sex sange) no. 2
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im Walde wandl' ich und weine,
die Drossel sitzt in der Höh;
sie springt und singt gar feine:
Warum ist dir so weh?

"Die Schwalben, deine Schwestern,
die könnens dir sagen, mein Kind;
sie wohnten in klugen Nestern,
wo Liebchens Fenster sind."

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
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3. Morgens steh' ich auf und frage  [sung text not yet checked]
by K. G. Ochsner , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 1 (Sex sange) no. 3
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Morgens steh' ich auf und frage:
Kommt feins Liebchen heut?
Abends sink' ich hin und klage:
Aus blieb sie auch heut.
 
In der Nacht mit meinem Kummer
lieg' ich schlaflos, [wach]1;
träumend, wie im halben Schlummer,
[träumend wandle]2 ich bei Tag.

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1 Hecht, Schumann: "lieg ich wach"
2 Franz: "wandle"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
3. Every morning I awake and ask
Language: English 
 Every morning I awake and ask:
 Will my sweetheart come today?
 Every evening I sink down and lament:
 She stayed away again today.
 
 All night with my grief
 I lie sleepless, waking;
 dreaming, as if half asleep,
 dreaming, I pass the day.

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