English translations of Drei Lieder für mittlere Stimme, opus 13

by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950)

1. Der Reisebecher  [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Der Reisebecher", op. 13 (Drei Lieder für mittlere Stimme) no. 1 (1903/4) [ medium voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Gestern fand ich, räumend eines langvergessnen Schrankes Fächer,
Den vom Vater mir vererbten, meinen ersten Reisebecher.
Währenddeß ich, leise singend, reinigt ihn vom Staub der Jahre,
War's, als höbe mir ein Bergwind aus der Stirn die grauen Haare,
War's, als dufteten die Matten, drein ich schlummernd lag versunken,
War's, als rauschten alle Quelle, draus ich wandernd einst getrunken.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, dritte vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, Verlag von H. Haessel, 1887, page 77.


by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)
1. The travelling mug
Language: English 
Yesterday, clearing out the compartments of a long-forgotten cupboard,
I found my first travelling mug, left to me by my father.
While I, quietly singing, cleansed it of the dust of the years,
It was as if a mountain wind were lifting my grey locks from my brow,
It was as if the meadows, in which I once lay sunken in slumber, were filled with scent,
It was as if all of the water springs from which I once drank while wandering were murmuring.

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2. Der Ungenannten  [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Der Ungenannten", op. 13 (Drei Lieder für mittlere Stimme) no. 2 (1903/4) [ medium voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf eines Berges Gipfel
Da möcht' ich mit dir stehn,
Auf Täler, Waldeswipfel
Mit dir herniedersehn;
Da möcht' ich rings dir zeigen
Die Welt im Frühlingsschein,
Und sprechen: wär's mein Eigen,
So wär' es mein und dein.
 
In meiner Seelen Tiefen,
O sähst du da hinab,
Wo alle Lieder schliefen,
Die je ein Gott mir gab!
Da würdest du erkennen:
Wenn [Echtes]1 ich erstrebt,
Und mag's [auch dich]2 nicht nennen,
Doch ist's von dir belebt.

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], pages 41-42.

1 Lang: "Ächtes"
2 Unger: "dich auch"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
2. The unnamed one
Language: English 
On the top of a mountain
I would like to stand with you,
Gazing down upon
Valleys and treetops;
Around [us] I would like to show you
The world in the glow of spring,
And say : were this mine,
It would now be mine and yours. 

Into the depths of my soul,
O you would look,
Where slumbering lay all the songs
That God gave me!
There you would see:
When I seek Reality,
Even if it does not name you,
It is animated by you.

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Translation of title "Der Ungenannten" = "The unnamed one"


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3. Kindersehnsucht
by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Kindersehnsucht", op. 13 (Drei Lieder für mittlere Stimme) no. 3 (1903/4) [ medium voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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by Heinrich Wilhelm Vierordt (1855 - 1945)
3.
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