English translations of Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte, opus 10

by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909)

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1. An den Mond  [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "An den Mond", op. 10 (Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte) no. 1 (1868) [ low voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg; may be wrong text for this title and incipit ("Schlafloser Augen Leuchte")
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schlafloser Augen Leuchte, trüber Stern,
Dess' tränengleicher Schein, unendlich fern,
Das Dunkel nicht erhellt, nur mehr es zeigt,
O wie dir ganz des Glück's Erinn'rung gleicht! 
So leuchtet längst vergang'ner Tage Licht:
Es scheint, doch wärmt sein matter Schimmer nicht,
Dem wachen Gram erglänzt die Luftgestallt,
Hell, aber fern, klar, aber ach, wie kalt!

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2. Lieb Liebchen leg's Händchen  [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Lieb Liebchen leg's Händchen", op. 10 (Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte) no. 2 (1868) [ low voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen [aufs]1 Herze mein; -
Ach, hörst du, wie's [pochet]2 im Kämmerlein?
Da hauset ein Zimmermann schlimm und arg,
Der zimmert mir einen Totensarg.

[Es]3 hämmert und klopfet bei Tag und bei Nacht;
[Es]3 hat mich schon längst um den Schlaf gebracht.
Ach! sputet Euch, Meister Zimmermann,
Damit ich [balde]4 schlafen kann.

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Note: first titled "Der Zimmermann"; later titled "Holzmeyer"
1 Medtner: "auf" [sic]
2 Lange-Müller: "pocht"
3 Lange-Müller: "Er"
4 Lachner: "bald"; Franz: "nun balde"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. Dear sweetheart, lay your hand on my heart
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 Dear sweetheart, lay your hand on my heart; -
 ah, do you hear the hammering inside?
 inside there lives a carpenter, wicked and evil:
 he's building my coffin.
 
 He hammers and pounds by day and by night;
 it has been a long time since I could sleep.
 Ah, hurry, Mister Carpenter,
 finish so that I can sleep.

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3. Blumengruss  [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Blumengruss", op. 10 (Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte) no. 3 (1868) [ low voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Strauß, den ich [gepflücket]1,
[Grüße]2 dich viel tausendmal!
Ich [habe]3 mich oft gebücket,
Ach, wohl eintausendmal,
Und ihn ans Herz gedrücket
[Wie]4 hunderttausendmal!

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1 Curschmann, Wolf, Zelter: "gepflückt"
2 Hiller: "Grüss' "
3 Graener, Hiller: "hab' "
4 Webern: "Viel"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
3. The bouquet that I have picked
Language: English 
The bouquet that I have picked,
let it greet you a thousand times!
I have often bent down,
ah, well over a thousand times,
and pressed it to my heart -
maybe even a hundred thousand times!

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4. In der Fremde   [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "In der Fremde ", op. 10 (Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte) no. 4 (1868) [ low voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hör' [die]1 Bächlein rauschen
Im Walde her und hin,
Im Walde in dem Rauschen
Ich weiß nicht, wo ich bin.

Die Nachtigallen schlagen
Hier in der Einsamkeit,
Als wollten sie was sagen
Von [der alten, schönen]2 Zeit.

Die Mondesschimmer fliegen,
Als [seh']3 ich unter mir
Das Schloß im Thale liegen,
[Und ist]4 doch so weit von hier!

Als müßte in dem Garten
Voll Rosen weiß und roth,
[Meine]5 Liebste auf mich warten,
Und ist [doch lange]6 todt.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, Berlin, 1837, pages 33-34.

Note: modernized spelling would change "Thale" to "Tale", "roth" to "rot", and "todt" to "tot"

1 Ivers, Stern: "ein"; further changes may exist not shown above
2 Marx: "alter, schöner"
3 Dresel, Jaques-Dalcroze, Marx, Schumann: "säh"
4 Banck: "Ist"
5 Banck: "Mein'"; Dresel: "Die"; Marx: "Der"
6 Marx: "schon lange"; Schumann: "doch so lange"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
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I hear the brooklets rushing
here and there in the wood.
In the wood, amidst the rushing,
I know not where I am.

The nightingales sing
here in the solitude,
as if they wanted to speak
of fine old times.

The moonbeams dart
and I seem to see below me
a castle lying in the valley -
yet it is so far from here!

It seems as if, in the garden
full of roses white and red,
my sweetheart were waiting for me -
yet she is long since dead.

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Translation of title "In der Fremde" = "In a foreign place"


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