English translations of Lieder-Album : sechs Lieder, opus 32

by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934)

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1. Meiner schlafenden Zuleima  [sung text not yet checked]
by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "Meiner schlafenden Zuleima", op. 32 (Lieder-Album : sechs Lieder) no. 5
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Rinnt aufs Herz, ihr Thränentropfen;
Dann wird ja das süße Herzchen
Sehnsuchtvoll nach Abdul klopfen.

  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Spielt ums Ohr, ihr Seufzer trübe;
Dann träumt ja das blonde Köpfchen
Heimlich süß von Abduls Liebe.

  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Ström aufs Händchen, Herzblutquelle;
Dann trägt ja ihr süßes Händchen,
Abduls [Herzblut]1 rot und helle.

  Ach! der Schmerz ist stumm geboren,
Ohne Zunge in dem Munde,
Hat nur Thränen, hat nur Seufzer,
Und nur Blut aus Herzenswunde.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. To my sleeping Zuleima
Language: English 
  You teardrops, rain down upon 
The heart of my sleeping Zuleima;
For then the sweet little heart
Shall throb yearningly for Abdul.

  You dreary sighs, play about
The ear of my sleeping Zuleima;
Then the little blonde head shall 
Secretly, sweetly dream of Abdul’s love.

  Stream, wellspring of my heart’s blood,
Upon the little hand of my sleeping Zuleima;
Then the sweet little hand shall bear
Abdul’s [heart’s blood]1 red and bright.

  Ah! pain is born mute,
Without a tongue in its mouth,
It has only tears, has only sighs,
And only blood from the wound of the heart.

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Translations of title(s):
"Ständchen eines Mauren" = "Serenade of a Moor"
"Zuleima" = "Zuleima"
"Meiner schlafenden Zuleima" = "To my sleeping Zuleima"
"Mauren-Ständchen" = "Moorish serenade"

1 Klein: "name"


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Translation © by Sharon Krebs