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English translations of Sechs Concert-Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte, opus 33

by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873)

1. Mein Glück
by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873), "Mein Glück", op. 33 (Sechs Concert-Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1862 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth und Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du tratest in mein dunkles Leben
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2. Ninetta  [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873), "Ninetta", op. 33 (Sechs Concert-Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1862 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth und Co.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn durch die Piazetta
Die Abendluft weht,
[Dann]1 weißt du, Ninetta,
Wer wartend [hier]2 steht.
Du weißt, wer trotz Schleier
Und Maske dich kennt,
[Wie Amor die Venus
Am Nachtfirmament.]3

Ein Schifferkleid trag' ich
Zur selbigen Zeit,
Und zitternd dir sag' ich:
„Das Boot [liegt]4 bereit!
[O, komm’! jetzt, wo Lune’n]5
Noch Wolken umziehn,
Laß durch die Lagunen,
[Mein Leben,]6 uns fliehn!“

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Freiligrath's sämmtliche Werke, Dritter Band, New-York: Verlag von Friedrich Gerhard, 1858, page 326.

1 Sommer: "So"
2 Sommer: "dort"
3 Fischhof, Mendelssohn: "Du weisst, wie die Sehnsucht / Im Herzen mir brennt." ; Sommer: "Du weisst, wie die Sehnsucht / Im Herzen hier brennt."
4 Fischhof, Mendelssohn, Sommer: "ist"
5 Schumann: "O komm, wo den Mond"
6 Fischhof, Mendelssohn, Sommer: "Geliebte"

by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)
2. When through the piazzetta
Language: English 
When through the piazzetta 
blows the cool night air
Then, darling Ninetta, 
I'll come to you there.

Beneath your mask, hiding, 
I'll know you from afar
(2) As love knows, tho' clouding 
its own evening star.

I'll masquerade for you 
as a fair Gondolier,
And whisper, trembling --  
"Our boat, love, is near!"

Now come, under cover 
of the clouds by the moon ...
Now come, fly with me, 
o'er the silent Lagoon.

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  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Shula Keller, (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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Translation © by Shula Keller