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English translations of Zwei vierstimmigen Männerchöre, opus 44

by Josef Reiter (1862 - 1939)

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1. Trost   [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Reiter (1862 - 1939), "Trost ", op. 44 (Zwei vierstimmigen Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1899 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es haben viel Dichter gesungen
Im schönen deutschen Land,
Nun sind ihre Lieder verklungen,
Die Sänger ruhen im Sand.

Aber solange noch kreisen
Die Stern um die Erde rund,
Tun Herzen in neuen Weisen
Die alte Schönheit kund.

Im Walde da liegt verfallen
Der alten Helden Haus,
Doch aus den Toren und Hallen
Bricht jährlich der Frühling aus.

Und wo immer müde Fechter
Sinken im mutigen Strauß,
Es kommen frische Geschlechter
Und fechten es ehrlich aus.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Trost", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
1.
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2. Die Nachtblume   [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Reiter (1862 - 1939), "Die Nachtblume ", op. 44 (Zwei vierstimmigen Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1899 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nacht ist wie ein stilles Meer,
[Lust und Leid]1 und Liebesklagen
[Kommen]2 so verworren her
In dem linden Wellenschlagen.

Wünsche wie die Wolken sind,
Schiffen durch die [stillen]3 Räume,
Wer erkennt im lauen Wind,
Ob's Gedanken oder Träume? --

Schließ' ich nun auch Herz und Mund,
Die so gern den Sternen klagen:
Leise doch im Herzensgrund
Bleibt das linde Wellenschlagen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Nachtblume", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, first published 1833

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Confirmed with Joseph von Eichendorff, Sämtliche Gedichte und Versepen, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 2001, page 299. First published in Dichter und ihre Gesellen, 1833
1 Hensel: "Leid und Lust"
2 Hensel: "Tönen"
3 Rheinberger: "leeren"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2. Night is like a quiet sea
Language: English 
 Night is like a quiet sea:
 joy and sorrow and the laments of love
 become tangled up
 in the gentle throbbing of the waves.
 
 Desires are like clouds
 that sail through the quiet space:
 who can recognize in the mild wind
 whether they are thoughts or dreams?
 
 Even if my heart and mouth now are closed,
 that once so easily lamented to the stars,
 still, at the bottom of my heart
 there remains the gentle throbbing of those waves.

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