English translations of Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung, opus 5

by Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783 - 1846)

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1. O, wag' es nicht, mit mir zu scherzen   [sung text not yet checked]
by Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783 - 1846), "O, wag' es nicht, mit mir zu scherzen ", op. 5 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O, wag' es nicht, mit mir zu scherzen,
Zum Scherzen schloß ich keinen Bund;
O, spiele nicht mit meinem Herzen;
Weißt du noch nicht, wie sehr es wund?

Weil ich so tief für dich entbrannte,
Weil ich mich dir gezeigt so weich,
Dein Herz die süße Heimat nannte,
Und deinen Blick mein Himmelreich:

O, rüttle nicht den Stolz vom Schlummer,
Der süßer Heimat sich entreißt,
Dem Himmel, mit verschwiegnem Kummer
Auf immerdar den Rücken weist.

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
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Language: English 
Oh, don't you dare joke with me,
I did not offer to marry you in jest;
Oh, do not trifle with my heart!
Don't you know how much it aches?

Because [passion] engulfed me so deeply,
Because I showed you how tender I was,
Calling your heart my sweet homeland
And your glance the realm of heaven:

Oh do not rattle Pride awake from its slumber,
For it will tear itself away from that sweet homeland
And in mute grief, turn its back
Forever on that Heaven.

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2. Die Abendglocke  [sung text not yet checked]
by Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783 - 1846), "Die Abendglocke", op. 5 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wand'rer [zieht]1 auf fernen Wegen
    In der Brust der Sehnsucht Qual,
Horch, da tönt die Abendglocke
    Lieblich durch das stille Thal.
 
Und der Wand'rer steht und lauschet,
    Auf den Stab gestützt, ihr zu:
"Abendglöckchen, Abendglöckchen,
    Wiegst nun [Alt und Jung]2 zur Ruh!"
 
"Wiegst zur Ruhe alle, alle,
    Und mit ihnen Lust und Schmerz,
Wann, o Glöckchen, rufst du endlich
    Auch zur Ruh', [zur Ruh' mein]3 Herz?"

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Confirmed with Cyanen: Taschenbuch für 1840, Wien & Leipzig: Friedrich Wilhelm Pfautsch, pages 75-76

1 Isenmann: "geht"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Silcher: "Jung und Alt" (voice and piano version only)
3 Silcher: "mein müdes"

by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866)
2. The evening bell
Language: English 
A wanderer [travels]1 upon distant paths,
    In his breast the agony of yearning;
Hark, the evening bell sounds
    Beautifully through the quiet valley.
 
And the wanderer stands and listens to it,
    Leaning upon his staff:
“Little evening bell, little evening bell,
    You are now rocking [old and young]2 to rest!"
 
"You are rocking to rest everyone, everyone,
    And with them joy and sorrow,
When, o little bell, shall you finally call
    To rest, [to rest, my]3 heart as well?”

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Translated titles:
"Das Abendglöckchen" = "The little evening bell"
"Abendglöckchen" = "Little evening bell"
"Die Abendglocke" = "The evening bell"
"Abendglocken" = "Evening bells"
"Abendglocke" = "Evening bell"

1 Isenmann: "walks"; further changes may exist not noted above."
2 Silcher: "young and old"
3 Silcher: "my weary"


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