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English translations of Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 63

by Friedrich Siebmann

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1. Venetianisches Gondellied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Siebmann , "Venetianisches Gondellied", op. 63 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn durch die Piazetta
Die Abendluft weht,
[Dann]1 weißt du, Ninetta,
Wer wartend [hier]2 steht.
Du weißt, wer trotz Schleier
Und Maske dich kennt,
[Wie Amor die Venus
Am Nachtfirmament.]3

Ein Schifferkleid trag' ich
Zur selbigen Zeit,
Und zitternd dir sag' ich:
„Das Boot [liegt]4 bereit!
[O, komm’! jetzt, wo Lune’n]5
Noch Wolken umziehn,
Laß durch die Lagunen,
[Mein Leben,]6 uns fliehn!“

Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), "When through the Piazetta"

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  • a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "When through the Piazzetta"
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Confirmed with Ferdinand Freiligrath's sämmtliche Werke, Dritter Band, New-York: Verlag von Friedrich Gerhard, 1858, page 326.

1 Sommer: "So"
2 Sommer: "dort"
3 Fischhof, Mendelssohn: "Du weisst, wie die Sehnsucht / Im Herzen mir brennt." ; Sommer: "Du weisst, wie die Sehnsucht / Im Herzen hier brennt."
4 Fischhof, Mendelssohn, Sommer: "ist"
5 Schumann: "O komm, wo den Mond"
6 Fischhof, Mendelssohn, Sommer: "Geliebte"

by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)
1. When through the piazzetta
Language: English 
When through the piazzetta 
blows the cool night air
Then, darling Ninetta, 
I'll come to you there.

Beneath your mask, hiding, 
I'll know you from afar
(2) As love knows, tho' clouding 
its own evening star.

I'll masquerade for you 
as a fair Gondolier,
And whisper, trembling --  
"Our boat, love, is near!"

Now come, under cover 
of the clouds by the moon ...
Now come, fly with me, 
o'er the silent Lagoon.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Shula Keller, (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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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

Translation © by Shula Keller
2. Der Schmied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Siebmann , "Der Schmied", op. 63 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hör' meinen Schatz,
Den Hammer er schwinget,
Das rauschet, das klinget,
Das dringt in die Weite,
Wie Glockengeläute,
Durch Gassen und Platz.

Am schwarzen Kamin,
Da [sitzet]1 mein Lieber,
[Doch]2 geh' ich vorüber,
Die Bälge dann sausen,
Die Flammen aufbrausen
Und lodern um ihn.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Der Schmied", written 1809, appears in Lieder

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke in drei Teilen, Erster Teil. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year given], page 37.

1 Randhartinger: "stehet"
2 Randhartinger: "Da"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
2. I hear my sweetheart
Language: English 
I hear my sweetheart -
The hammer he swings -
The rustling, the clinking,
Comes to me from afar,
Like the sound of bells,
Through streets and squares.

By the black fireplace
There my lover sits;
But if I pass by,
The bellows then whistle,
And the flames roar
And glow around him.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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Line count: 12
Word count: 51

Translation © by Emily Ezust
3. Ich hört' ein Sichlein rauschen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Siebmann , "Ich hört' ein Sichlein rauschen", op. 63 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Ich [hört]1 ein Sichlein rauschen,
Wohl rauschen durch das Korn;
Ich hört [ein Mägdlein]2 klagen,
Sie hätt ihr Lieb verlorn.
 
  Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen!
Ich acht [nicht]3, wie es geh;
[Ich thät mein Lieb vertauschen]4
In [Veilchen und im Klee.]5
 
  [Du hast ein Mägdlein worben
In Veilchen und im Klee:]6
So steh ich hier alleine;
Thut meinem Herzen weh.
 
  Ich hör ein Hirschlein rauschen,
Wohl rauschen durch den Wald;
Ich hör mein Lieb sich klagen:
Die Lieb verrauscht so bald.
 
  Laß rauschen. Lieb, laß rauschen!
Ich weiß nicht, wie mir wird;
Die Bächlein immer rauschen,
Und keines sich verirrt.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) ( 16th century ) , "Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von Ludw. Achim von Arnim und Clemens Brentano,, Erster Theil, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen von Robert Boxberger, Berlin: Gustav Hempel, [1880], pages 491-492.

Part of this text is used in Mengelberg's Erinnerung beim Wein.
1 Brahms: "hörte"; Eggers: "hör"
2 Heinemann: "eine feine Magd"
3 Heinemann: "nit"
4 Heinemann: "Ich hab mir ein'n Buhlen erworben"
5 Brahms: "Veiel und grünem Klee" ; Heinemann: "Veil und grünem Klee"
6 Brahms: "Hast du ein Buhlen erworben / In Veiel und grünem Klee" ; Heinemann: "Hast du ein Buhl'n erworben / In Veil und grünem Klee"

from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
3.
Language: English 
I [heard] 1 a little sickle swooshing,
A-swooshing through the wheat;
I heard a [maiden]2 lamenting
That she had lost her love.

  Let it swoosh, Love, let it swoosh!
I pay no attention however it may go;
In violets and [in]3 clover,
I [exchanged my love]4.

  [You have wooed a maiden
In the violets and in the]5 clover:
I stand here thus alone;
It makes my heart sore.

  I hear a little deer rushing,
A-rushing though the woods;
I hear my love lamenting:
Love rushes away so quickly.

  Let it rush, Love, let it rush!
I know not how I feel;
The brooklets rush always,
And not one of them gets lost.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 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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Translations of title(s):
"Altes Volkslied" = "Old folk-song"
"Das Sichlein" = "The little sickle"
"Die Lieb' vertauscht so bald" = "Love so quickly exchanges"
"Ich hörte ein Sichlein rauschen" = "I heard a little sickle swooshing"
"Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen" = "I heard a little sickle swooshing"
"Klage und Trost" = "Lament and comfort"
"Lass rauschen" = "Lament and comfort"
"Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen" = "Let it swoosh, Love, let it swoosh"
"Volkslied" = "Folk-song"

1 Eggers: "hear"
2 Heinemann: "fine maid"
3 Brahms, Heinemann: "in green"
4 Heinemann: "won myself a lover"
5 Brahms, Heinemann: "If you have won a lover / In violets and green"


This text was added to the website: 2022-09-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 117

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
4. Lass tief in Dir mich lesen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Siebmann , "Lass tief in Dir mich lesen", op. 63 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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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1 Kjerulf: "In's"
2 Kjerulf: "dringt"
3 André, Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Schumann: "Belausch'"
4 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "und glimme"

by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)
4.
Language: English 
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!

Text Authorship:

  • 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

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
5. Über Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Siebmann , "Über Nacht", op. 63 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte schon
Vom theuren Nest;
Ich glaubte, die Lerche dachte schon
Ans Liederfest;
Ich glaubte, die Blüten küßte schon
Ein junger West;
Ich glaubte, ich hielte Dich liebend schon
Auf ewig fest!
 
Wie wurdet ihr winterlich über Nacht,
Ihr Lüfte lind!
Wie Knospen und Blüthen über Nacht
Erfroren sind!
Wie die Lerche verlernte über Nacht
Ihr Lied geschwind!
Und wie Du vergessen hast über Nacht
Dein armes Kind!

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Isidor Beck (1817 - 1879), "Täuschung", appears in Stille Lieder, in Lieder der Liebe: Ihr Tagebuch, no. 12, first published 1840
  • sometimes misattributed to Christian Nikolaus Hugo Staacke

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Confirmed with Karl Beck, Stille Lieder, Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1840, page 23.

Note: according to Lawrence Snyder in German Poetry in Song, Fallen Leaf Press, 1995, Holstein attributes this text to Hugo Staacke. Unless "Hugo Staacke" is found to be a pseudonym of Karl Beck, this is a confirmed misattribution.


by Karl Isidor Beck (1817 - 1879) and sometimes misattributed to Christian Nikolaus Hugo Staacke
5.
Language: English 
I believed that the swallow already dreamt
Of the dear nest;
I believed that the lark already thought of
The festival of song;
I believed that blossoms were already being kissed
By a young westwind;
I believed that lovingly I already held you 
Tightly for ever!

How you became wintry overnight,
You gentle breezes!
How overnight blossoms and buds
Were destroyed by frost!
How overnight the lark quickly
Unlearned its song!
And how overnight you forgot
Your poor sweetheart!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 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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Translations of title(s):
"Die Entsagende" = "The renouncing woman"
"Ich glaubte, die Schwalben" = "I believed that the swallows"
"Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte" = "I believed that the swallow dreamt"
"Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte schon" = "I believed that the swallow already dreamt"
"Täuschung" = "Delusion"
"Über Nacht" = "Overnight"



This text was added to the website: 2023-04-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
6. Ventecico murmurador  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Siebmann , "Ventecico murmurador", op. 63 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Murmelndes Lüftchen, Blütenwind,
Der die schöne Welt durchwandelt,
Sing' ein Lied mit den Blätter der Ulme,
Denn es schläft mein süßes Kind.

Heute sollst du, sanfter West,
Schlummer über die ergiessen,
Die mich Frieden nicht geniessen,
Die mein Leid nicht schlafen lässt.
Wiege sie mir ein gelind,
Lüftchen, das die Welt durchwandelt,
Sing' ein Lied mit den Blätter der Ulme,
Denn es schläft mein süßes Kind.

Schweifest zwischen grünen Zweigen,
Lustig murmelnd von den Wonnen,
Die mir alle nun zerronnen,
Von dem Leid, das heut mich eigen.
Kühler, sanfter, plaudernder Wind,
Der die schöne Welt durchwandelt,
Sing' ein Lied mit den [Blätter]1 der Ulme,
Denn es schläft mein süßes Kind.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 3

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Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1904, page 31.

1 Dietrich, Jensen: "Blättern"

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
6.
Language: English 
Murmuring breeze, blossom-wind,
you who wander through the beautiful world,
sing a song with the elm leaves
because my sweet child is asleep.

Today you, gentle west wind, should
pour sleep over those
who do not let me enjoy peace,
who do not let my sorrow rest.
Rock them gently to sleep for me,
breeze, that wanders over the world,
sing a song with the elm leaves
because my sweet child is asleep.

You stray between green branches,
happily murmuring about the joys
that now have all run away from me,
about the sorrow that I have today.
Cool, mild, gossiping wind,
that wanders through the beautiful world,
sing a song with the elm leaves
because my sweet child is asleep.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by John Glenn Paton, (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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Translation of title "Murmelndes Lüftchen" = "Murmuring breeze"


This text was added to the website: 2018-10-19
Line count: 20
Word count: 121

Translation © by John Glenn Paton
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