English translations of Heine-Album, opus 2

by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931)

1. Die Bergstimme  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Die Bergstimme", op. 2 (Heine-Album) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein Reiter durch das Bergtal zieht,
Im traurig stillen Trab:
"Ach! zieh ich jetzt wohl in Liebchens Arm,
Oder zieh ich ins dunkle Grab?"
Die Bergstimm Antwort gab:
"Ins dunkle Grab!"

Und weiter reitet der Reitersmann,
Und seufzet schwer dazu:
"So zieh ich denn hin ins Grab so früh -
Wohlan, im Grab ist Ruh!"
Die Stimme sprach dazu:
"Im Grab ist Ruh!"

Dem Reitersmann eine Träne rollt
Von der [Wange]1 kummervoll:
"Und ist nur im Grab die Ruhe für mich -
So ist mir im Grabe wohl."
Die [Stimme]2 erwidert hohl:
"Im Grabe wohl!"

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1 Lachner, Randhartinger, Zenger: "Wange bleich und"
2 Medtner, Zenger: "Stimm'"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1.
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2. Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner", op. 2 (Heine-Album) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner
Wollt' es dem andern gestehn;
Sie sahen sich an so feindlich,
Und wollten vor Liebe vergehn.

  Sie trennten sich endlich und [sahn]1 sich
Nur noch zuweilen im Traum;
Sie waren [längst]2 gestorben
Und wußten es selber kaum.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 131.

1 Backer-Grøndahl, White: "sahen"
2 Backer-Grøndahl: "schon längst"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. They once loved each other
Language: English 
They once loved each other, but neither
would to the other confess;
they saw each other as hostile,
yet wanted to perish from love.

They finally parted and sometimes sighted
the other in dreams;
they had been dead so long now
and hardly known it themselves.

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3. Ich will meine Seele tauchen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 2 (Heine-Album) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich will meine Seele tauchen
In den Kelch der Lilie hinein;
Die Lilie soll [klingend]1 hauchen
Ein Lied von der Liebsten mein.

Das Lied soll [schauern]2 und beben
Wie der Kuß von ihrem Mund,
Den sie mir einst gegeben
In wunderbar süßer Stund'.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 115.

1 Raif: "klingen und"
2 Raif: "schau'rn"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
3. I want to delve my soul
Language: English 
I want to delve my soul
Into the cup of the lily;
The lily should give resoundingly
A song belonging to my beloved.

The song should shudder and tremble
Like the kiss from her lips
That she once gave me
In a wonderfully sweet hour.

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4. Am Kreuzweg wird begraben  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Am Kreuzweg wird begraben", op. 2 (Heine-Album) no. 4, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Am Kreuzweg wird begraben
Wer selber sich brachte um;
[Dort]1 wächst eine blaue Blume,
Die [Armesünderblum']2.

Am Kreuzweg [stand]3 ich und seufzte;
Die Nacht war kalt und stumm.
Im Mondschein bewegte sich langsam
Die [Armesünderblum']2.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 166.

1 Griffes: "Da"
2 Cahn-Speyer: "Armensünderblum' "
3 White: "sass"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
4.
Language: English 
At the crossroads he was buried,
the one who took his own life.
A blue flower grows there,
the Woeful-sinner's-bloom.
 
At the crossroads I stood sighing;
the night was cold and still.
The Woeful-sinner's-bloom
slowly stirred in the moonlight.

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5. Ich hab' dich geliebt und liebe dich noch  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Ich hab' dich geliebt und liebe dich noch", op. 2 (Heine-Album) no. 5, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hab dich geliebet und liebe dich noch!
Und fiele die Welt zusammen,
Aus ihren Trümmern stiegen doch
[Hervor]1 meiner Liebe Flammen.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 150.

1 Végh: "Empor"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
5. I loved you once and I love you still
Language: English 
I loved you once and I love you still!
And though the world may collapse,
From its rubble nevertheless
The flames of my love would arise.

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Translations of title(s):
"Meiner Seele bist du ein Theil" = "You are a part of my soul"
"Ich hab dich geliebet" = "I loved you once"
"Ich hab dich geliebet und liebe dich noch" = "I loved you once and I love you still"
"Ich hab' dich geliebt und liebe dich noch" = "I loved you once and I love you still"
"Wunsch" = "Wish"
"Meine liebe Flammenn" = "The flames of my love"
"Ich hab' dich geliebt" = "I loved you once"
"Zu Ende" = "At an end"
"Ich habe dich geliebet" = "I loved you once"
"Ewige Liebe" = "Eternal love"



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6. Frühling  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Frühling", op. 2 (Heine-Album) no. 6, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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!

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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"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
6.
Language: English 
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!

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1 Stanford: "the streaming, with joyous, wafting fragrances"
2 Brahms, Stanford: "from deep in her bosom"


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