English translations of Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, opus 87

by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895)

1. In der Ferne   [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "In der Ferne ", op. 87 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Jetzt wird sie wohl [im]1 Garten gehen,
Der blüht und glüht im [Sonnenlicht]2,
Und in [die]3 Ferne wird sie spähen,
Mich aber, ach, mich sieht sie nicht.
 
Und [eine]4 Rose wird sie brechen
Mit stummer Wehmuth im Gesicht,
Und meinen Namen wird sie sprechen.
Ich aber, ach, ich hör' es nicht!

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Confirmed with Robert Prutz, Buch der Liebe, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Keil, 1874, page 53.

1 Zemlinsky: "in dem"
2 Zemlinsky: "Sommerlicht"
3 Zemlinsky: "der"
4 Zemlinsky: "die"

by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872)
1.
Language: English 
Now, she will surely go into the garden,
Which blooms and glows in the sunlight,
And afar off she will peer about.
But me, ah! me she does not see.

And she will pluck a rose,
With wordless nostalgia on her face,
And then she’ll speak my name.
But I, ah! I will not hear it.

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2. Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Nachtlied", op. 87 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Dürft' ich mit dir dort oben gehn,
Du träumerischer Mond,
Ich könnte wohl hinübersehn,
Wo die Geliebte wohnt!

Zu glücklich ist die Nachtigall,
Die in dem Lindenbaum
Vor ihrem Haus mit süßem Schall
Durchklinget ihren Traum!

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Confirmed with Sämmtliche Werke von Julius Mosen, Erster Band, Oldenburg: Verlag von Ferdinand Schmidt, 1863, page 109.


by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)
2. Night song
Language: English 
If I could travel with you up there,
You dreamful moon,
I might well be able to see over
To where my beloved lives!

Too happy is the nightingale
That in the linden tree
In front of her house fills
Her dreams with sweet sound!

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Translations of title(s):
"Dürft ich mit dir dort oben gehen" = "If I could travel with you up there"
"Nachtgesang" = "Song at night"
"Nachtlied" = "Night song"
"Nachts" = "At night"



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3. Heimkehr  [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Heimkehr", op. 87 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O brich nicht, Steg, du zitterst sehr!
O stürz' nicht, Fels, du dräuest schwer!
Welt, geh' nicht unter, Himmel, fall' nicht ein,
[Eh]1 ich mag bei der Liebsten sein!

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1 Brahms: "Bis"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
3. The journey home
Language: English 
O break not, footbridge, you shake so very much,
O fall not, rocks on the cliff, you seem so threateningly heavy,
World, do not end, and sky, do not fall,
Until I may be with my beloved!

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Translation of title "Heimkehr" = "The journey home"


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