English translations of Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine, opus 69

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949)

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1. Der Stern
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by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Der Stern", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 1 (1918)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sehe ihn wieder den lieblichen Stern;
er winket hernieder, er nahte mir gern;
er wärmet und funkelt, je näher er kömmt,
die andern verdunkelt, die Herzen beklemmt.

Die Haare im Fliegen er eilet mir zu,
das Volk träumt von Siegen, ich träume von Ruh.
Die andern sich deuten die Zukunft daraus,
vergangene Zeiten mir leuchten ins Haus.

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by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831)
1. The star
Language: English 
I see it again, the lovely star;
It waves down here, it approached me warmly;
It sends out its heat and twinkles, the nearer it comes,
The others become dim, people's hearts are oppressed.

It hastens to me with hair in flight,
The people dream of victories, I dream of peace.
The others predict the future from it,
Times from long ago are illuminated for me in my house.

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2. Der Pokal
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by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Der Pokal", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 2 (1918)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Freunde, weihet den Pokal 
Jener fremden Menschenwelt,
Die an gleichem Sonnenstrahl 
Sich erhellt, gesellt, gefällt;
Glück den lieben unbekannten
Lichtgesandten Herzverwandten,
Deren Augen übergehn,
Wenn sie in die Sonne sehn. --

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by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831)
2. The goblet
Language: English 
Friends, consecrate the goblet 
to that foreign world of mankind,
Which, by the same ray of sunshine 
as we are, is illuminated, joined, pleased;
Drink to the happiness of beloved strangers,
Ambassadors of light, relatives of the heart,
Whose eyes also overflow with tears
When they look into the sun.

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3. Einerlei
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by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Einerlei", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 3 (1918)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ihr Mund ist stets derselbe,
Sein Kuß mir immer neu,
Ihr Auge noch dasselbe,
Sein freier Blick mir treu;
O du liebes Einerlei,
Wie wird aus dir so mancherlei!

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by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831)
3. Singular one
Language: English 
Her mouth remains the same,
Its kiss is ever new,
Her eyes yet unchanged,
Their boundless gaze true to me.
Oh you dear singular one,
What wondrous variety comes from you!

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4. Waldesfahrt
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by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Waldesfahrt", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 4 (1918), published 1919
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mein Wagen rollet langsam
Durch lustiges Waldesgrün,
Durch blumige Taler, die zaubrisch
Im Sonnenglanze blühn.

Ich sitze und sinne und träume,
Und denk' an die Liebste mein;
Da grüßen drei Schattengestalten
Kopfnickend zum Wagen herein.

Sie hüpfen und schneiden Gesichter,
So spöttisch und doch so scheu,
Und quirlen wie Nebel zusammen,
Und kichern und huschen vorbei.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
4. My cart rolls slowly
Language: English 
 My cart rolls slowly
 through the cheerful forest green,
 through flowery valleys that magically
 bloom in the sun's gleam.
 
 I sit and think and dream,
 and muse about my sweetheart;
 three shadowy forms greet me,
 nodding through the carriage window.
 
 They hop and make faces,
 so mocking and yet so shy,
 and they blend together like mist
 and giggle and dart away.

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5. Schlechtes Wetter
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by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Schlechtes Wetter", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 5
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das ist ein schlechtes Wetter,
Es regnet und stürmt und schneit;
Ich sitze am Fenster und schaue
Hinaus in die Dunkelheit.

Da schimmert ein einsames Lichtchen,
Das wandelt langsam fort;
Ein Mütterchen mit dem Laternchen
Wankt über die Straße dort.

Ich glaube, Mehl und Eier
Und Butter kaufte sie ein;
Sie will einen Kuchen backen
Für's große Töchterlein.

Die liegt zu Hause im Lehnstuhl
Und blinzelt schläfrig ins Licht;
Die goldenen Locken wallen
Über das süße Gesicht.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
5. It is terrible weather
Language: English 
 It is terrible weather:
 it's raining and storming and snowing;
 I sit at the window and gaze
 out into the darkness.
 
 There, a lonely light is gleaming,
 and it moves slowly onward;
 a little old woman with a lantern
 totters across the street there.
 
 Flour and eggs, I think,
 and butter - she has bought;
 she plans to bake a cake
 for her grown-up darling daughter.
 
 She is lying at home in an armchair
 and she blinks sleepily in the light;
 her golden curls straying
 over her sweet face.

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

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