English translations of Vier Lieder für Bass, opus 39

by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895)

1. Wohl ist in Busch und Rasen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Wohl ist in Busch und Rasen", op. 39 (Vier Lieder für Bass) no. 3, published 1857 [ bass and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wohl [ist]1 [im]2 Busch und [Rasen]3
Kein Plätzchen so still und klein,
Wo nicht zusammen wir sassen, --
Ich sitze jetzt hier allein;

Wohl haben wir Kränze gewunden,
Wohl manchen duftigen Strauss
Aus Blumen des Walds gebunden, --
Dies Alles, Alles ist aus; 

Die Blätter sie sind gefallen,
Die Blumen sie sind verdorrt,
Sie war die Schönste von Allen,
Sie hielt nicht Treue, nicht Wort;

Ihr Nam' in die Birke geschnitten
Verwittert im Windeswehn,
Doch was ich gekämpft und gelitten,
Das will nicht und kann nicht vergehn.

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Confirmed with Rheinische Musik-Zeitung für Kunstfreunde und Künstler, 1. Jahrgang, Nro. 39 (29. März 1851), page 311

1 Jensen, F. Jansen, Siebmann: "war", more changes may exist, not noted
2 A. Horn, Sieber, Siebmann, Vagedes: "in", more changes may exist, not noted
3 F. Jansen: "Bau", more changes may exist, not noted

by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884)
1. In bush and lawn there is likely
Language: English 
In bush and [lawn]1 there [is]2 likely
No spot, so quiet and small,
Where we did not sit together, --
Now I sit here alone;

Indeed we wove wreaths,
Many a scented bouquet
Of the flowers of the forest, --
That all, all is over;

The leaves, they have fallen,
The flowers, they are withered,
She was the most beautiful one of all,
She did not keep faith, did not keep her word;

Her name, carved into the birch tree,
Becomes weather-worn in the blowing of the wind,
But that for which I battled and that which I suffered,
That does not wish to and cannot pass away.

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Translations of title(s):
"Wohl war in Busch und Rasen" = "In bush and lawn there was likely"
"Sie war die Schönste von Allen" = "She was the most beautiful one of all"
"Wohl ist in Busch und Rasen" = "In bush and lawn there is likely"

1 F. Jansen: "building", more changes may exist, not noted
2 Jensen, F. Jansen, Siebmann: "was", more changes may exist, not noted


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