English translations of Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 8

by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918)

1. Die dunklen Wolken hingen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Die dunklen Wolken hingen", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die [dunklen]1 Wolken hingen
Herab so bang und schwer,
Wir beide traurig gingen
Im Garten hin und her.

So [heiß und]2 stumm, so trübe
[Und]3 sternlos war die Nacht,
So ganz, wie unsre Liebe,
Zu Tränen nur gemacht.

Und als ich mußte scheiden
Und gute Nacht [dir]4 bot,
Wünscht' ich bekümmert beiden
Im Herzen uns den Tod.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Stuttgart, Karl Göpel's Verlag, Cotta'scher Druck, 1869, page 182.

1 Bolko von Hochberg, Rübner: "dunkeln"; Horn: "trüben"; Schleuning: "schweren"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Bolko von Hochberg: "heiß, so"
3 Bolko von Hochberg, Thuille: "So"
4 Thuille: "ihr"

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
1. The oppressive evening
Language: English 
The dark clouds were hanging down
So forebodingly and heavily.
We two walked sadly to and fro
In the garden.

So hot and silent, so dreary
And starless was the night --
Just like our love,
Created only for tears.

And when I had to depart
And wished you good night,
In my sorrowing heart
I sadly wished death for us both.

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2. Jägers Abendlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Jägers Abendlied", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im [Felde]1 [schleich']2 ich still und wild,
Gespannt mein Feuerrohr.
Da schwebt so licht dein liebes Bild
Dein süßes Bild mir vor.

Du wandelst jetzt wohl still und mild
[Durch Feld und liebes Thal]3,
Und ach mein schnell verrauschend Bild
Stellt [sich dir's]4 nicht einmal?

Des Menschen, der die Welt durchstreift
Voll Unmuth und Verdruß,
Nach Osten und nach Westen schweift,
Weil er dich lassen muß.

Mir ist es, denk' ich nur an dich,
Als in den Mond zu sehn;
Ein stiller Friede kommt auf mich,
Weiß nicht wie mir geschehn.

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 110.

Note: the poem was published first anonymously in Christoph Martin Wieland's Der Teutsche Merkur vom Jahr 1776. Erstes Vierteljahr. Weimar, pages 8-9, with the title Jägers Nachtlied, see below.

1 Franke, Weber: "Walde"; further changes may exist not shown above
2 Andersch: "schweif'" ; Gompertz: "streich'" ; further changes may exist not shown above.
3 Dalberg: "Durchs Feld und liebe Thal"
4 Hensel: "sich's dir"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2. In the fields/forests I creep, silent and wild
Language: English 
 In the fields I creep, silent and wild,
 my gun cocked.
 There floats so lightly your dear image,
 your sweet image before me.
 
 You wander now so mute and gentle
 through field and dear valley;
 and ah! my swiftly passing image,
 does it not once appear before you?
 
 ...the image of a man who prowls through the world,
 full of indignance and annoyance,
 wandering from east to west
 because he must leave you?
 
 If I only think of you, it seems to me
 that I'm looking at the moon:
 a still peace comes over me,
 and I do not know how it happens.

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3. Nun ruht und schlummert Alles  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Nun ruht und schlummert Alles", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt, also set in French (Français)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nun ruht und schlummert Alles,
[Erd', Menschen, Wald]1 und Wind,
Das Wasser leisen Falles
Nur durch die Blumen rinnt.

Der Mond mit vollem Scheine
Ruht breit auf jedem Dach;
In [weiter Welt]2 alleine
Bin ich zur [Stund]3 noch wach.

Und Alles, Lust und Schmerzen,
Bracht' ich in mir zur Ruh;
[Noch]4 Eins noch wacht im Herzen,
Nur Eins: und das bist Du!

Und Deines Bildes Friede
Folgt mir in Zeit und Raum:
Bei [Tag]5 wird er zum Liede,
Und Nachts wird er zum Traum!

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1 Zemlinsky: "Die Menschen, der Wald"
2 Zemlinsky: "weitem Wald"
3 Zemlinsky: "Stunde"
4 Zemlinsky: "Nur"
5 Zemlinsky: "Tage"

by Julius Rodenberg (1831 - 1914)
3.
Language: English 
Now, everything rests and slumbers,
Earth, humanity, forest and wind,
Only the quiet fall of water
Continues to run through the flowers.

The moon, gleaming fully,
Rests broadly upon every roof;
In all the wide world
I alone am awake at this hour.

And everything, passion and pain,
Comes to rest within me;
Only one thing yet stirs within my heart,
Only one: and that is You!

And the peace from that image of you
Follows me through time and space:
During the day, it becomes a song,
And at night, it becomes a dream!

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Translation of title "Um Mitternacht" = "At Midnight"


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by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt, also set in German (Deutsch)
Language: French (Français) 
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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
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5. Das Reh  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Das Reh", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es jagt' ein Jäger früh am Tag
Ein Reh durch Wälder und Auen,
Da sah er aus dem Gartenhag
Ein rosig Mägdlein schauen.

Was ist geschehn dem guten Pferd?
Hat es den Fuß verletzet?
Was ist geschehn dem Jäger wert,
Daß er nicht mehr ruft und hetzet?

Das Rehlein rennet immer noch
Über Berg und Tal so bange.
Halt an, du seltsam Tierlein, doch!
Der Jäger vergaß dich lange.

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
5. The Deer
Language: English 
Early in the day, as a hunter pursued
A deer through forest and meadow,
He spotted a rosy young maiden
Peering out of her garden hut.

What has happened to the fine steed?
Has it injured its foot?
What has happened to the worthy hunter,
That he no longer calls out and hunts?

The little deer, so fearful,
Is still running over hill and dale.
Hold on now, you strange little creature – see!
The hunter forgot about you long ago.

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Translations of title(s):
"Das Reh" = "The Deer"
"Der Jäger" = "The Hunter"



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6. Der Schmied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Der Schmied", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hör' meinen Schatz,
Den Hammer er schwinget,
Das rauschet, das klinget,
Das dringt in die Weite,
Wie Glockengeläute,
Durch Gassen und Platz.

Am schwarzen Kamin,
Da [sitzet]1 mein Lieber,
[Doch]2 geh' ich vorüber,
Die Bälge dann sausen,
Die Flammen aufbrausen
Und lodern um ihn.

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke in drei Teilen, Erster Teil. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year given], page 37.

1 Randhartinger: "stehet"
2 Randhartinger: "Da"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
6. I hear my sweetheart
Language: English 
I hear my sweetheart -
The hammer he swings -
The rustling, the clinking,
Comes to me from afar,
Like the sound of bells,
Through streets and squares.

By the black fireplace
There my lover sits;
But if I pass by,
The bellows then whistle,
And the flames roar
And glow around him.

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7. Die Spröde  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Die Spröde", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  An dem [reinsten]1 Frühlingsmorgen
Gieng die Schäferin und sang,
Jung und schön und ohne Sorgen,
Daß es durch die Felder [klang]2,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  Thyrsis bot ihr für ein Mäulchen
[Zwei,]3 drei Schäfchen gleich am Ort,
[Schalkhaft blickte sie]4 ein Weilchen;
Doch sie sang und lachte fort,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  Und ein Andrer bot ihr Bänder,
Und der Dritte bot sein Herz;
Doch sie trieb mit Herz und Bändern
So wie mit den Lämmern Scherz,
Nur la la! le ralla.

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Confirmed with Goethes Sämmtliche Werke: Vollständige Ausgabe in zehn Bänden, Erster Band, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1875, pages 6-7. Note: modernized spelling would change "Gieng" to "Ging".

1 Cimarosa: "schönsten"
2 Cimarosa: "drang"
3 Cimarosa: "Da"
4 Cimarosa: "Sie besann sich nur"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
7.
Language: English 
  On the [purest]1 of spring mornings
The shepherdess walked along singing,
Young and beautiful and free of care,
[Singing] so that [it rang]2 through the fields,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  Thyrsis offered her for a little kiss
[Two,]3 three little sheep on the spot,
[She looked at him roguishly]4 for a little while;
But she continued to sing and laugh,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  And another chap offered her ribbons,
And a third one offered his heart;
But she made fun of heart and ribbons
As she had with the lambs,
Only la la! le ralla.

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Translated titles:
"Die Spröde" = "The aloof [shepherdess]"
"An dem reinstem Frühlingsmorgen" = "On the purest of spring mornings"
"Die Spröde und die Bekehrte" = "The aloof and the repentant [shepherdess]"

1 Cimarosa: "most beautiful"
2 Cimarosa: "the song penetrated"
3 Cimarosa: "There"
4 Cimarosa: "She only thought about it"


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