English translations of Drei Lieder für eine mittlere Stimme (Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, opus 103
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895)
I Vor Kälte ist die Luft erstarrt, Es kracht der Schnee von meinen Tritten, Es dampft mein Hauch, es klirrt mein Bart; Nur fort, nur immerfort geschritten! Wie feierlich die Gegend schweigt! Der Mond bescheint die alten Fichten, Die, sehnsuchtsvoll zum Tod geneigt, Den Zweig zurück zur Erde richten. Frost! Friere mir ins Herz hinein, Tief in das heiß bewegte, wilde! Daß einmal Ruh mag drinnen sein, Wie hier im nächtlichen Gefilde. II Dort [heult]1 im tiefen Waldesraum Ein Wolf; -- wie's Kind aufweckt die Mutter, Schreit er die Nacht aus ihrem Traum Und heischt von ihr sein blutig Futter. Nun brausen über Schnee und Eis Die Winde fort mit tollem Jagen, Als wollten sie sich rennen heiß: Wach auf, o Herz, zu wildem Klagen! Laß deine Toten auferstehn Und deiner Qualen dunkle Horden! Und laß sie mit den Stürmen gehn, Dem rauhen Spielgesind aus Norden!
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Winternacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Widemann: "weilt"; further changes may exist not shown above.
I The air is congealed with cold, The snow crunches beneath my feet, My breath in clouds, my beard a-rattle, Onward, always trudging onward! How profoundly silent is this realm! The moon illumines ancient spruce, Which nod longingly toward death, Pointing branches down toward the earth. Frost! Freeze within my heart, Deeply, into the hot, churning wildness! That it might be tranquil inside once more, As here in these fields of night. II There, howling in its domain of deep forest, A wolf, like a child waking its mother, Bawls Night out of her dreaming And begs from her his due of bloody plunder. Now roaring across the snow and ice, The wind lunges in frantic pursuit, As if relishing its fevered race: Waken, oh heart, to the wild lament! Let your dead rise to life again And the dark army of your torments! And let them venture forth with the storms, The raucous rabble from the North!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Winternacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht
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[Da]1 unten wohnte sonst mein Lieb, Die ist jetzt schon begraben, Der Baum noch vor der Türe blieb, Wo wir gesessen haben. Stets muß ich nach dem Hause sehn Und seh doch nichts vor Weinen Und wollt' ich auch hinuntergehn, Ich stürb' dort so alleine!
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vom Berge", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hasse: "Dort"; further changes may exist not shown above.
Down there once lived my love, Who has now already been buried; The tree still remains before the door Where we used to sit. I always want to see the house And yet I see nothing through my tears And if I wanted to go down too, There I would die, utterly alone!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vom Berge", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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Translation of title "Vom Berge" = "From the mountain"This text was added to the website: 2022-06-27
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Laß tief in dir mich lesen, Verhehl' auch dies mir nicht, Was für ein Zauberwesen Aus deiner Stimme spricht! So viele Worte dringen [Ans]1 Ohr uns ohne Plan, Und während sie verklingen, Ist alles abgetan! Doch [drängt]2 auch nur von ferne Dein Ton zu mir sich her, [Behorch']3 ich ihn so gerne, Vergess' ich ihn so schwer. Ich bebe dann, [entglimme]4 Von allzu rascher Glut: Mein Herz und deine Stimme Verstehn sich gar zu gut!
Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 14
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Kjerulf: "In's"
2 Kjerulf: "dringt"
3 André, Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Schumann: "Belausch'"
4 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "und glimme"
Let me read deep within you - Do not conceal this from me either - What kind of a magical spirit Speaks through your voice. So many words assail Our ears without design And when they have died away, Nothing remains! But if even from a distance The sound of your voice finds its way to me, I listen to it so gladly, I find it so difficult to forget. I tremble then, come alight With all too rapid ardour; My heart and your voice Understand each other too well!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Translated titles:"Mein Herz und deine Stimme" = "My heart and your voice"
"An die Geliebte" = "To the beloved"
"Die Stimme der Geliebten" = "The voice of the beloved"
"Ihre Stimme"= "Her voice"
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 88