English translations of Drei Lieder, opus 41
by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966)
Siehe, von allen den Liedern nicht eines gilt dir, o Mutter! Dich zu preisen, o glaub's, bin ich zu arm und zu reich. Ein noch ungesungenes Lied ruhst du mir [im]1 Busen, Keinem vernehmbar sonst, mich nur zu trösten bestimmt, Wenn sich das Herz unmutig der Welt abwendet und einsam Seines himmlischen Teils [bleibenden]2 Frieden bedenkt.
Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "An meine Mutter"
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View original text (without footnotes)1 ? : "am"
2 Wetzel : "ewigen"
See, of all the songs not one is adequate, o Mother, To praise you, I think! I am too poor and too rich. A still unsung melody, holds me to thy bosom, nothing else can provide, such comfort to me, when this heart in pain turns away from the world and alone its heavenly part considers eternal peace.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "An meine Mutter"
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Über allen [Gipfeln]1 Ist Ruh', In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die [Vögelein]2 schweigen im Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch.3
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Ein Gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".
See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.
1 Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above.2 Greith, Schubert: "Vöglein"
3 Lachner adds
Über allen Wipfeln Ist Ruh', Balde Ruhest du auch.
Over all the peaks it is peaceful, in all the treetops you feel hardly a breath of wind; the little birds are silent in the forest... only wait - soon you will rest as well.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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