English translations of Sechs Lieder, opus 16

by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886)

1. Waldhornruf  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Waldhornruf", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Hör' ich ein Waldhorn klingen
Durch das Gebirge hin,
Ich zöge dann so gerne
Wohl in die blaue Ferne
Zu einer Jägerin.

  [Im dunklen Tannenwalde]1,
Da steht des Försters Haus,
Im [tiefen]2 Wald verborgen.
Da schaut [am frühen]3 Morgen
[Das]4 Töchterlein heraus.

  Der Vater und die Tochter,
Die machen Alles wund,
Der Vater [schießt die]5 Hirschlein,
[Die Tochter]6 trifft die Bürschlein
Tief in des Herzens Grund.

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Confirmed with August Schnezler, Gedichte, Zweite, vermehrte Ausgabe, Karlsruhe: Druck und Verlag von Creuzbauer und Hasper, 1846, page 44.

First published in Morgenblatt für gebildete Leser, 1833.

1 Pfitzner: "Im tiefen Wald verborgen"; Lachner: "Im kühlen Tannenwalde"; Reinecke: "Im grünen Tannenwalde"
2 Gade, Reinecke: "grünen"
3 Pfitzner: "an jedem"
4 Pfitzner: "Sein"
5 Pfitzner: "trifft das"
6 Reinecke: "Das Mädchen"

by August Schnezler (1809 - 1853)
1. Call of the Hunting Horn
Language: English 
I hear a hunting horn calling
Through the mountains,
I would very much like to follow it
Right across the blue expanse
To the side of a huntress.

Within the dark pine forest 
Stands a woodsman’s house,
Concealed in the dark wood.
There, early each morning
His young daughter peers out.

The father and the daughter,
Each can wound;
the father shoots the young deer,
The daughter smites the young man
Deep in the heart’s core.

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Translations of title(s):
"Des Försters Töchterlein" = "The Woodsman's Young Daughter"
"Des Jäger's Töchterlein" = "The Hunter's Young Daughter"
"Hör' ich ein Waldhorn klingen" = "I Hear a Hunting Horn Calling"
"Im tiefen Wald verborgen" = "Concealed in the Dark Wood"
"Waldhornruf" = "Call of the Hunting Horn"



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2. Ständchen aus der Ferne  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Ständchen aus der Ferne", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Traget linde Lüftchen! traget
   meiner [Harfe]1 leisen Klang,
   meiner Stimme Abendsang,
zu der Holden die ich meine,
   sagt ihr wieder [was]2 ich hier,
   ach so weit getrennt von ihr,
[stöhne, weine]3.

Was ich selbst mir nicht [erlaubt]4,
   bei der Abend-Kühlung [Wehn]5
   seufzend einen Kuß zu flehn,
bitte jetzt mit sanfter Klage,
   [Harfe]1! daß der Abendwind
   Noch den Ton, [so leis und lind]6
zu ihr trage.

Dort durch ihre Locken lisple
   was ihr Trauter seufzend meint[,]
   jede Zähre die er weint,
jedes Schmeicheln seiner Lieder,
   jedes Hoffen das er hegt,
   jeden Wunsch der ihn bewegt
sag' ihr wieder.

Traget linde Lüftchen! traget
   meiner [Harfe]1 leisen Ton
   zu der Holden, die ich schon
[im entflammten]7 Geist umschließe,
   lispelt wenn die Stimme schweigt,
   und der letzte Ton entweicht,
noch [Luise]8! --

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Confirmed with Lyratöne von Theodor Hell, Zweite Tonreihe, Dresden: Arnoldsche Buchhandlung, 1821, pages 41-42.

Note: There are three manuscripts of Lang's song. The first version sets all four stanzas. The second version contains only the text of the first stanza, but with room left on the score for the other three. The third version sets only the first stanza.

1 Harder: "Laute"
2 Harder: "dass"
3 Harder: "stöhn' und weine"
4 Harder: "erlaubte"
5 Lang (first version only): "weh'n"
6 Lang (first version only), Harder: "eh' er verrinnt"
7 Lang (first version only): "jetzt in trübem"; Harder: "jetzt im trunk'nen"
8 Lang (first version only), Harder: "Elise"

by Karl Gottfried Theodor Winkler (1775 - 1856)
2. Serenade from afar
Language: English 
Gentle breezes, carry! carry
   the quiet sounds of my harp,
   the evening song of my voice,
to the lovely one whom I mean,
   tell her again, how here, 
   ah separated so far from her,
I moan, weep.

What I did not permit myself to do,
   sighingly to beg for a kiss
   at the wafting of the evening coolness,
[I] plead now with gentle lamenting,
   harp! that the evening wind,
   may yet, [so quietly and softly]1,
carry the tone to her.

Whisper through her curly hair
   that which her beloved means as he sighs[,]
   every tear that he sheds,
every flattery of his songs,
   every hope he cherishes,
   every wish that moved him,
tell to her once more.

Gentle breezes, carry! carry
   the quiet tones of my harp
   to my beloved, whom [in fervent]2 spirit
I already embrace,
   whisper yet when my voice falls silent,
   and the last tone vanishes,
[Luise]3! --

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Translations of title(s):
"Ständchen" = "Serenade"
"Ständchen aus der Ferne" = "Serenade from afar"

1 Lang (first version only): "before it dissipates"
2 Lang (first version only): "now in dulled"
3 Lang (first version only): "Elise"


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3. Lied des Todtengräbers
by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Lied des Todtengräbers", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister
Language: German (Deutsch) 
In jungen Tagen als ich lieben thät
 . . . . . . . . . .

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4. Altschottische Ballade  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Altschottische Ballade", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1834, stanzas 4-5 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[ ... ]

Der Krieger kehrt vom Kampf zurück, 
   Der Seemann kehrt vom Meer; 
Doch ich, ich schied von meinem Lieb, 
   Und seh' es nimmer mehr, 
         Mein Lieb; 
   Und seh' es nimmer mehr.

Wenn untergeht die Sonn', und Nacht 
   Die Schläfer hüllet ein, 
Dann denk' ich dessen, der so fern, 
   Die lange Nacht und wein', 
         Mein Lieb; 
   Die lange Nacht und wein'.

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Confirmed with Lieder und Balladen des Schotten Robert Burns. Übertragen von Heinrich Julius Heintze, Braunschweig: Verlag von Westermann, 1840, pages 245-246.


by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860)
4. Old Scottish ballad
Language: English 
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The warrior returns from the battle,
   The sailor returns from the sea,
But I, I took leave of my love
   And shall see her nevermore,
         My love,
   And shall see her nevermore.

When the sun goes down and night
   Shrouds the sleepers,
Then I think of him who is so far away
   The long night through and weep,
         My love;
   The long night through and weep.

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Translations of title(s):
"Altschottische Ballade" = "Old Scottish ballad"
"Der Abschied" = "The farewell"



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5. Holzmeyer  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Holzmeyer", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen [aufs]1 Herze mein; -
Ach, hörst du, wie's [pochet]2 im Kämmerlein?
Da hauset ein Zimmermann schlimm und arg,
Der zimmert mir einen Totensarg.

[Es]3 hämmert und klopfet bei Tag und bei Nacht;
[Es]3 hat mich schon längst um den Schlaf gebracht.
Ach! sputet Euch, Meister Zimmermann,
Damit ich [balde]4 schlafen kann.

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Note: first titled "Der Zimmermann"; later titled "Holzmeyer"
1 Medtner: "auf" [sic]
2 Lange-Müller: "pocht"
3 Lange-Müller: "Er"
4 Lachner: "bald"; Franz: "nun balde"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
5. Dear sweetheart, lay your hand on my heart
Language: English 
 Dear sweetheart, lay your hand on my heart; -
 ah, do you hear the hammering inside?
 inside there lives a carpenter, wicked and evil:
 he's building my coffin.
 
 He hammers and pounds by day and by night;
 it has been a long time since I could sleep.
 Ah, hurry, Mister Carpenter,
 finish so that I can sleep.

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6. Die Blumen der Liebe  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Die Blumen der Liebe", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich ging, den Blick zur Erde,
Am Wiesenbach' hinauf,
Ein Veilchen sah ich blühen, 
Das Veilchen nahm ich auf, 

Ich schritt am Bache weiter,
Halb meiner unbewußt, 
Da sah ich eine Rose, 
Die nahm ich an die Brust. 

Und weiter, weiter schreitend 
Am klaren Bache hin, 
Verlor ich beide Blümchen, 
Und kam -- an Rosmarin[.]

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Confirmed with Morgen, Tag und Nacht aus dem Leben eines Dichters. Gedichte vom Ritter Braun von Braunthal. In drei Abtheilungen, Leipzig: bei Adolph Reimann, 1834, page 356.


by Karl Johann, Ritter Braun von Braunthal (1802 - 1866)
6. The flowers of love
Language: English 
I walked along, my gaze lowered,
Up along the meadow brook,
I saw a violet blooming,
I took up the violet.

I strode further along the brook,
Half unconscious of myself,
Then I saw a rose,
I took it to my bosom.

And striding farther, farther
Along the clear brook,
I lost both little flowers,
And came -- to rosemary[.]

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Subtitle: "Romance"

Translations of title(s):
"Die Blumen der Liebe" = "The flowers of love"
"Die Pflanzen der Liebe" = "The plants of love"



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