English translations of Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, opus 2
by Carl Julius Schmidt (1851 - 1917)
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1. Thurmwächterlied [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Julius Schmidt (1851 - 1917), "Thurmwächterlied", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1878 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Am [gewaltigen]1 Meer In der Mitternacht, Wo der Wogen Heer An die Felsen kracht, Da schau' ich vom [Turme]2 hinaus. Ich erheb' einen Sang Aus [starker]3 Brust Und mische den Klang In die wilde Lust, In die Nacht, in den Sturm, in den Graus. Dringe durch, dringe durch [Recht]4 freudenvoll, Mein Lied, von der Burg In das Sturmgeroll, [Verkünd' es weit]5 durch die Nacht, Wo [schwanket]6 ein Schiff [Durch die]7 Fluth entlang, Wo schwindelt am Riff Des [Wanderers]8 Gang: Daß [oben ein Mensch hier]9 wacht: Ein kräftiger Mann, Recht frisch [bereit]10, Wo er helfen kann, [Zu wenden das]11 Leid Mit [Ruf]12, mit Leuchte, mit Hand. Ist zu schwarz die Nacht, Ist zu fern der Ort, [Da schickt er mit Macht Seine Stimme fort]13 Mit Trost über See und Land. Wer auf Wogen schwebt, [Sehr]14 leck sein [Kahn]15, Wer im Walde bebt, Wo sich Räuber nah'n, Der [denke]16: Gott hilft wohl gleich. Wen das wilde Meer Schon hinunter schlingt, Wem des Räubers Speer In die Hüfte dringt, Der [denkt' an das]17 Himmelreich.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Geschichte der deutschen Literatur mit ausgewählten Stücken aus den Werken der vorzüglichsten Schriftsteller von Heinrich Kurz, Dritter Band, Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von V. G. Teubner, 1859, page 189.
1 Banck: "gewalt'gen"2 Banck: "Turm"
3 Banck: "voller"
4 Banck: "So"
5 Banck: "Verkünd' es laut"; Reinecke: "Verkünde es weit"
6 Gade: "wanket"; Reinecke: "da wanket"
7 Reinecke: "Die"
8 Banck, Reinecke: "Wand'rers"
9 Banck: "hier oben ein Mensch noch"
10 Reinecke: "und bereit"
11 Gade: "Abzuwenden"
12 Reinecke: "Rufen"
13 Reinecke: "Da schickt micht Macht/ Seine Stimme er fort"
14 Banck: "Schon"
15 Reinecke: "schwacher Kahn"
16 Banck: "denkt"
17 Banck: "denk' an das"; Reinecke: "denke ans"
by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)
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Language: English
Beside the mighty ocean, At midnight, Where ranks of waves Crash against the rocks, I look out from the tower. I call up a song From my muscled breast And hurl the sound Into the wild tumult, Into the night, the storm, the terror. Break through, break through, Oh, so joyfully, My song, from out of the castle Into the gale of the storm, Proclaiming far into the night, Where a ship pitches Amidst the tides, To where, churning against the reef The course of the adventurer runs: That here, above, a man keeps watch: A powerful man, Fresh and truly ready, Where he can help To allay the distress With a call, with a lantern, with a hand. The night is too black, The place is too distant, So, with power He casts forth his voice With reassurance across sea and land. He who sways upon the waves, In a leaking boat, He who quivers in the woods, As a robber draws near, He will think: God will indeed help me. When the wild ocean Is already eddying downward, When the bandit’s spear Has pierced his hip, He will think about the kingdom of heaven.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-07-12
Line count: 40
Word count: 196
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2. Abschied [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Julius Schmidt (1851 - 1917), "Abschied", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1878 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch)
So hab' ich [nun]1 die Stadt verlassen, Wo ich gelebet [lange]2 Zeit; Ich ziehe rüstig meiner Straßen, Es gibt mir niemand das Geleit. Man hat mir nicht den Rock zerrissen, Es wär' auch schade für das Kleid! Noch in die Wange mich gebissen Vor übergroßem Herzeleid. Auch keinem hat's den Schlaf vertrieben, Daß ich am Morgen [weitergeh']3; Sie konnten's halten nach Belieben, [Von]4 einer [aber tut]5 mir's weh.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Abreise", written 1811, appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 7, first published 1815
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hernandez, Hildach, Reiser, Schen, Schwab: "denn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Stigelli: "so lange"
3 Stigelli: "weiterzieh'"
4 Zenger: "Doch nur von"
5 Zenger: "tut"
by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
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Language: English
Now I have left the town where I long lived; I stride out upon my way, with no-one for company. They did not rip my coat, which anyway would be a shame! or bite my cheek in a fit of heartache. No-one lost any sleep over my morning departure; they can think what they like, but there is one whose conduct hurts me.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Michael Berridge, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-19
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Word count: 63
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3. Weinlied
by Carl Julius Schmidt (1851 - 1917), "Weinlied", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1878 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es war zu Assmannshausen
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4. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Julius Schmidt (1851 - 1917), "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1878 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1! Das wissen die Vögelein: Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder, Und [singen so fröhliche]2 Lieder In den blauen Himmel hinein. Wie ist doch die Erde [so schön, so schön]1! Das wissen die Flüss' und [die Seen]3: Sie [malen]4 im klaren Spiegel Die Gärten [und Städt' und]5 Hügel, Und die [Wolken]6, die drüber [geh'n]7! [Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,]8 Und [Kinder und and're]9 Leut'! Und [wer's]10 nicht malt, der singt es, Und [wer's]10 nicht singt, dem klingt es [In dem Herzen vor]11 lauter Freud'!
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.
1 Messer: "so schön"2 Stöckhardt: "singen fröhliche"
3 Blech, Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer, Reger, Reinecke: "Seen"
4 Blech: "malen's"
5 Reger: "und"; Reinecke: "und Städte und"
6 Blech: "weißen Wolken"
7 Reinecke: "zieh'n"
8 Reinecke: "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!"
9 Brahms, Le Beau, Marschner, Messer: "es wissen's viel and're"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "es wissen's viel andere"; Reinecke: "wissen's viel and're"
10 Blech, Reinecke: "wer es"
11 Blech, Brahms, Reinecke: "Im Herzen vor"; Reger, Stöckhardt: "Im Herzen voll"
by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
4. How beautiful the earth is!
Language: English
How beautiful, how beautiful the earth is! The little birds know that; They lift their airy feathers And sing such joyous songs, And sing unto the blue heavens. How beautiful, how beatiful the earth is! The rivers and lakes know this; They paint in their clear mirrors The gardens and cities and hills, And the clouds that drift above! And singers and painters know it, And so do many other folk; And he who does not paint it, sings it, And he who does not sing it, His heart rings with it in sheer joy!
Text Authorship:
- by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "How beautiful the earth is!", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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Translation © by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949)