English translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 66
by Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (1824 - 1881)
Ich thöricht Kind Ich liebe Dich, Und weiß doch nimmer: Liebst Du auch mich? Ich fragte die Blumen Groß und klein; Ach leider die meisten [Sie]1 sagten Nein. -- Die dummen Blumen Sie wissen nicht Was es heißt, was es heißt: "Er liebt [mich]2 nicht." Ich thöricht Kind Ich liebe Dich, Und wähne immer: Du liebst auch mich. Ich fragte mein Herze: "Was meinest Du?" Das rief mir freudig "Er liebt Dich" zu. O du mein Herze Weißt sicherlich, Was es heißt, was es heißt: "Er liebet mich."
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- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Liebes-Hoffnung", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Gumbert: "Die"
2 Gumbert: "dich"
I foolish child I love you, And yet I never know: Do you also love me? I asked the flowers Large and small; Ah, sadly, most of them Said No. – The stupid flowers – They don’t know What it means, what it means: “He loves me not.” I foolish child, I love you, And always have imagined: You love me too. I asked my heart: “What do you think? It called to me joyfully “He loves you.” Oh you, my heart, Surely know, What it means, what it means: “He loves me.”
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[Ach]1 du klar blauer Himmel [Und]2 wie schön bist du heut'! Möcht' an's Herz [gleich dich]3 drücken [Vor]4 Jubel und Freud'. Aber's geht doch nicht an, Denn du bist mir zu weit, Und mit all' meiner Freud' Was fang' ich doch an? Ach du [lichte grüne]5 Welt, [Und]2 wie strahlst du [voll]6 Lust! Und ich [möcht' mich gleich werfen]7 [Dir vor Lieb' an die]8 Brust; Aber's geht doch nicht an, Und das ist ja mein Leid, Und mit all' meiner Freud', Was fang' ich doch an? Und da sah ich mein Lieb [Am Kastanienbaum stehn]9, War so klar wie der Himmel, Wie die Erde so schön! Und wir küßten uns beid' [Und wir sangen vor]10 Lust, Und da hab' ich gewußt: Wohin mit der Freud'!
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Wohin mit der Freud", written 1850, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Lieder von Robert Reinick, Vierte Auflage, Berlin, Verlag von Ernst & Korn, 1857, pages 115-116.
1 Trauttenfels: "O"2 Randhartinger: "O"
3 Randhartinger, Trauttenfels: "dich gleich"
4 Wolf: "Voll"
5 Silcher, Trauttenfels, Wolf: "lichtgrüne"; Stöhr: "maigrüne"
6 Randhartinger, Silcher, Stöhr, Trauttenfels: "vor"
7 Stöhr: "möchte gleich mich dir werfen"; Trauttenfels: "möchte gleich eilen"; Wolf: "möcht' gleich mich werfen"
8 Randhartinger: "Vor Lieb' an deine"; Silcher, Wolf: "Dir voll Lieb' an die"; Stöhr: "Vor Lieb' an die"
9 Silcher: "Unterm Lindenbaum stehn"
10 Randhartinger: "Und sangen vor"; Wolf: "Und wir sangen voll"
Ah, you bright blue sky, how beautiful you are today! I'd like to press you to my heart right away with jubilation and joy. But that won't do, for you are too far away from me, and what shall I do with all my joy? Ah, you shining green world, how you beam with pleasure! I'd like to throw myself right away, full of love, on your bosom. But that won't do, and that is just my sorrow, and what shall I do with all my joy? Then I saw my love standing under the chestnut tree, as bright as the sky, as beautiful as the earth. And we kissed each other and sang for delight, and then I knew where to go with my joy!
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