English translations of Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte, opus 14

by Martin Jacobi (1864 - 1919)

1. Treue  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Jacobi (1864 - 1919), "Treue", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1897 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano with piano ], Berlin: Paez
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Dein Gedenken lebt in Liedern fort;
Lieder, die der tiefsten Brust entwallen,
Sagen mir: Du lebst in ihnen allen,
Und gewiß die Lieder halten Wort.

Dein Gedenken blüht in Thränen fort;
Thränen, aus des Herzens Heiligthume
Nähren thauend der Erinnrung Blume,
[Und gewiß die Thränen halten Wort]1.

Dein Gedenken lebt in Träumen fort;
Träume, die [Dein Bild verklärt]2 mir zeigen,
[Sagen, daß Du ewig bist mein eigen]3,
Und gewiß, die Träume halten Wort.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 132. Note: Modern German would spell "Thränen" as "Tränen" ; "thauend" as "tauend"; and "Heiligthume" as "Heiligtume", etc.

1 Cornelius (song), Ritter: "In dem Tau blüht dein Gedenken fort"
2 Noseda: "verklärt Dein Bild"
3 Ritter: "Sagen, daß du ewig mir zu eigen"

by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
1. Fidelity
Language: English 
Your memory lives on in songs -
songs which bubble up from the depths of the heart;
they tell me that you live in all of them
and certainly, songs keep their word.

Your memory blossoms on in tears -
tears from the sanctuary of the heart
nourished with the dew of memory's blossom;
in that dew your memory blossoms on.

Your memory lives on in dreams -
dreams which show me your transfigured image
and say that you are eternally mine;
and certainly, dreams keep their word.

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2. Abendlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Jacobi (1864 - 1919), "Abendlied", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano with piano ], Berlin: Paez
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nun schlafen die Vöglein im Neste,
Nun schlummern die Blüthen am Strauch,
Und unter dem Himmel die Weste,
Horch, horch! sie ruhen nun auch.

Nur droben, da wachen die Sterne
Und singen ihr ewiges Lied,
Das, hallend [aus]1 endloser Ferne,
Leis über die Erde noch zieht.

Und der da von Anbeginn lenket
Das ganze [schimmernde]2 Heer,
Auch deiner liebend gedenket,
Du giltst ihm ja noch viel mehr.

Der segnet die Vöglein und Blüthen,
Und leitet der Winde Hauch,
Der wird auch dich wohl behüten,
So [ruh' im]3 Frieden nun auch!

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874, mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 105-106.

1 Kienzl: "in"
2 Kienzl: "schlummernde"
3 Kienzl: "ruhe in"

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
2. Evening song
Language: English 
Now the little birds are sleeping in their nests,
Now the blossoms on the bush are slumbering,
And the west winds under the canopy of heaven,
Hark, hark! they, too, are now resting.

Only on high, there the stars keep watch
And sing their eternal song,
That, echoing [from]1 endless distances,
Still quietly passes over the earth.

And He who from the beginning has directed
The whole [shimmering]2 host,
Thinks lovingly of you as well,
For you are much more important to Him [than they].

He blesses the birdlets and blossoms,
And orders the breath of the wind;
He shall protect you as well,
So you, too, rest in peace now.

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1 Kienzl: "in in"
2 Kienzl: "schlummernde slumbering"


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