English translations of 3 Mädchenlieder, opus 12

by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949)

1. Verliebt  [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Verliebt", op. 12 (3 Mädchenlieder) no. 1 (1908), published c1920, first performed 1913 [ soprano and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schilt mich nicht, [du]1 strenger Meister,
Daß im Diwan ich geträumet
Und bei des Muezzins Rufen,
Ach, nach [Mittag]2 stand gewendet.
Wisse, als ich kam vom Bade,
Als ich heimging [aus]3 den Gärten,
Schlüpfte Zillah mir vorüber,
Und den Schleier hob sie schalkhaft.

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1 Gund: "mein"
2 Gund: "Osten"
3 Gund: "von"

by Annette Elisabeth, Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1848)
1. In love
Language: English 
Do not chide me, [you]1 stern master,
That I dreamed away the time in the divan
And when the cry of the muezzin rang out,
Stood turned toward the [south]2.
Know that when I returned from my bath,
When I went homeward from the gardens,
Zillah slipped past me
And roguishly lifted her veil.

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1 Gund: "my"
2 Gund: "east"


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2. Es goss mein volles Leben  [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Es goss mein volles Leben", op. 12 (3 Mädchenlieder) no. 2 (1908), published c1920, first performed 1913 [ soprano and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es goß mein volles Leben
sich selig vor dir aus,
in Arme magst du's heben
und tragen in dein Haus.
 
All Leid und alles Wissen
ihm abgeworfen sind,
es harret deiner Winke,
es ist nur wie ein Kind.
 
Es will dich ganz umschlingen,
tauchen ins Auge dein
und trunken bei dir singen:
"Wir werden Eines sein."

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Confirmed with Nachgelassene Schriften von Walter Calé. Mit einem Vorwort von Fritz Mauthner, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Arthur Brückmann, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1910, page 78


by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904)
2.
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My full life poured itself
blissfully out before you,
you may lift it into your arms
and carry it into your house.
 
All suffering and all knowledge
have been stripped from it,
it awaits your cues,
it is nothing more than a child.
 
It wishes to embrace you completely,
to plunge into your eyes
and, intoxicated, to sing near you:
“We shall become one.”

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3. Lied des Schiffermädels  [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Lied des Schiffermädels", op. 12 (3 Mädchenlieder) no. 3 (1908), published c1920, first performed 1913 [ soprano and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf der fernen See ein Segel steht,
Mein Schatz ist [auf der]1 See;
Der Wind mir an die Beine weht,
Der Wind, der Wind [von]2 der See.

Blas ihn her zu mir, blas ihn [schnell zu mir her]3,
Du Wind, du Wind [auf der]4 See;
Mein Herz ist [so tief, so tief]5 wie das Meer
Und so stark wie der Wind auf der See.

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1 Marx: "bei dem" (typo?)
2 Marx: "an"
3 Marx: "her zu mir"
4 Marx: "von der"
5 Marx: "tief, so"

by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)
3.
Language: English 
There is a sail on a distant sea,
My beloved is on the sea;
The wind tugs against my legs,
The wind, the wind from the sea.

Blow him here to me, blow him quickly to me,
You wind, you wind on the sea;
My heart is as deep, as deep as the ocean
And as strong as the wind on the sea.

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Translations of titles
"Lied des Schiffermädels" = "Song of the sailors' maidens"
"Sang des Schiffermädels" = "Song of the sailors' maidens"



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