English translations of Zwei Lieder, opus 2
by Wilhelm Stehle
Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein, da sitz' ich mit meinen Träumen. Es pfeift der Wind, die Möwen schrein, die Wellen, die wandern und schäumen. Ich habe geliebt manch schönes Kind und manchen guten Gesellen - Wo sind [sie]1 hin? Es pfeift der Wind, es schäumen und wandern die Wellen.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 14
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Bretan: "die"
The runestone juts into the sea, and I sit there with my dreams. The wind whistles and the seagulls shriek; and the waves, they wander and foam. I have loved many a fair girl and made many good friends - where have they gone? The wind whistles, and the waves foam and wander.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Seraphine, no. 14
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Line count: 8
Word count: 52
Die Wellen blinken und fließen dahin, Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze! Am Flusse sitzet die Schäferin Und windet die zärtlichsten Kränze. Das knospet und [quillt und duftet und blüht,]1 es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze! Die Schäferin seufzt aus [vollem Gemüt]2: »Wem geb' ich meine Kränze?« Ein Reiter reitet den Fluß entlang, er grüßet so blühenden Mutes, die Schäferin schaut ihm nach so bang, fern flattert die Feder des Hutes. Sie weint und wirft in den gleitenden Fluß die schönen Blumenkränze. Die Nachtigall singt von Lieb' und Kuß, es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Frühling", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, no. 13, first published 1839
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: in later editions, Heine changed "quillt und duftet und blüht" to "quillt, mit duftender Lust" in stanza 2, line 1. In addition, "vollem Gemüt" was changed to "tiefer Brust" in stanza 2, line 3.
1 Stanford: "quillt, mit duftender Lust"2 Brahms, Stanford: "tiefer Brust"
The waves flash and flow in; Love is so lovely in Spring! By the river the shepherdess sits And weaves delicate crowns of wreaths. The budding, the [streaming, the wafting, and blossoming]1 - Love is so lovely in spring! The shepherdess sighs [with a full heart]2: "To whom shall I give my wreaths?" A horseman rides along the river: he greets her with radiant cheer, the shepherdess gazes at him shyly, and far in the distance the feather flutters in his cap. She weeps and throws into the gliding river those lovely wreaths of flowers. The nightingale sings of love and kisses; Love is so lovely in the spring!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:
Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Frühling", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, no. 13, first published 1839
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Stanford: "the streaming, with joyous, wafting fragrances"
2 Brahms, Stanford: "from deep in her bosom"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 108