English translations of Sechs Lieder, opus 55

by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883)

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1. Mein Herz und deine Stimme  [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Mein Herz und deine Stimme", op. 55 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1850/1), published 1851
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!

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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)
1. My heart and your voice
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!

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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
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Word count: 88

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
2. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai  [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai", op. 55 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1851 [ tenor and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Knospen sprangen, 1 
Da [ist]2 in meinem Herzen
Die Liebe aufgegangen.

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Vögel sangen, 3
Da hab' ich ihr gestanden
Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 112.

1 Lachner adds: "Geweckt von süssen Schmerzen, / Von Sehnsucht sanft umfangen,"
2 Ender: "ist auch"
3 Lachner adds: "Die Blüten sich umwanden, / Die Zweige sich umschlangen,"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. In the wonderfully beautiful month of May
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In the wonderfully beautiful month of May
When all the buds are bursting open,
There, from my own heart,
Bursts forth my own love.

In the wonderfully beautiful month of May
When all the birds are singing,
So have I confessed to her
My yearning and my longing.

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Translation © by Paul Hindemith