English translations of Lieder und Gesänge, opus 67

by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944)

1. Letzte Ruhestätte  [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Letzte Ruhestätte", op. 67 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 7
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wo wird einst des Wandermüden
Letzte Ruhestätte sein?
Unter Palmen in dem Süden?
Unter Linden an dem Rhein?

Werd' ich wo in einer Wüste
Eingescharrt von fremder Hand?
Oder ruh' ich an der Küste
Eines Meeres in dem Sand?

Immerhin! Mich wird umgeben
[Gotteshimmel]1, dort wie hier,
Und als [Totenlampen]2 schweben
Nachts die Sterne über mir.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine's Sämmtliche Gedichte. Zweiter Band, in Letzte Gedichte und Gedanken, Tiel, H. C. A. Campagne, 1846, page 172.

1 Wolf: "Gottes Himmel"
2 Rubinstein: "Totenlampe"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. Where, for one who is weary of travel
Language: English 
 Where, for one who is weary of travel,
 will my last resting place be?
 Beneath palms in the south?
 Beneath lindens by the Rhine?
 
 Will I, somewhere in a desert,
 be buried by a foreign hand?
 Or will I rest by the coast
 of a sea in the sand?
 
 Still, I will be surrounded
 by God's heaven there as well as here; 
 and as funeral lamps,
 stars will float above me at night.

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2. Tief in Waldeinsamkeit
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by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Tief in Waldeinsamkeit", op. 67 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 8, published 1927
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Tief in Waldeinsamkeit ein Grab! ein Grab!
Von allen Menschen ferne, ja! recht ferne!
Da senkt den müden Sänger bald hinab,
Wann funkeln durchs Gezweig die Abendsterne.

Dann aber geht und laßt das Grab in Ruh'!
Verborgen und vergessen werd' die Stätte!
Efeu und Moos deck' ganz den Hügel zu,
Und nur das wunde Reh find' ihn zum Bette.

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
2.
Language: English 
Deep in the solitude of the forest a grave! a grave!
Far from all people, yes! quite far!
There place the tired singer soon into the earth,
When the evening stars are twinkling through the branches.

But then go and leave the grave in peace!
May the spot become hidden and forgotten!
May ivy and moss completely cover the mound,
And [may] only the wounded deer find a bed there.

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English poem title: "Last plea"
English song title: "Deep in the solitude of the forest"


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