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English translations of Drei Gesänge, opus 6

by Heinrich Schenker (1868 - 1935)

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1. Gärtner  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Schenker (1868 - 1935), "Gärtner", op. 6 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1 [ low voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Und noch im alten Elternhause
und noch am Abend keine Ruh?
Sehnsüchtig hör ich dem Gebrause
der hohen Pappeln [zu]1.

Und höre sacht die Türe klinken,
Mutter tritt mit der Lampe ein;
und alle Sehnsüchte versinken,
o Mutter, in dein Licht hinein.

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Heimat"

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1 Stephan: "draußen zu"

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
1.
[Translation not yet available]
2. Gärtner  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Schenker (1868 - 1935), "Gärtner", op. 6 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2 [ low voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weil jetzo alles stille ist
Und alle Menschen schlafen,
Mein' Seel' das ew'ge Licht begrüsst,
Ruht wie ein Schiff in Hafen.

Der falsche Fleiß, die Eitelkeit, 
Was keinen mag erlaben,
Darin der Tag das Herz zerstreut,
Liegt alles tief begraben.

Ein andrer König [wunderreich]1
Mit königlichen Sinnen,
Zieht herrlich ein im stillen Reich,
Besteigt die ew'gen Zinnen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Nachtgruß", written 1810, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, first published 1837

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin. Verlegt von M. Simion. 1841, page 354; and with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 574.

1 Wolf: "wundergleich"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2. Accord
Language: English 
[Because] all is now so still
And everyone is asleep,
My soul hails the everlasting light,
Resting, like a harbored ship.

False piety and vanity,
Of which none wants a part,
And which waste the heart by day,
Lie deeply buried.

Another King, [marvelously endowed]
With royal mien,
Enters the silent realm in majesty,
And mounts the eternal battlements.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Nachtgruß", written 1810, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, first published 1837
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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
3. Meeres Stille  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Schenker (1868 - 1935), "Meeres Stille", op. 6 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 [ low voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Tiefe Stille herrscht im Wasser,
Ohne Regung ruht das Meer,
Und bekümmert sieht der Schiffer
Glatte Fläche rings umher.
Keine Luft von keiner Seite!
Todesstille fürchterlich!
In der ungeheuern Weite
Reget keine Welle sich.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Meeres Stille", title 2: "Meeresstille", first published 1795

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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 73; with Göthe's neue Schriften. Siebenter Band. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1800, page 18; and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796. Herausgegeben von Schiller. Neustrelitz, bei dem Hofbuchhändler Michaelis, page 83.

Note: The poem's title in the first edition (Schiller's Musenalmanach 1796) is "Meeresstille", from the second edition on (1800) it is "Meeres Stille".


by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
3. Deep stillness reigns on the water
Language: English 
Deep stillness reigns on the water;
motionless, the sea rests,
and the sailor gazes about with alarm
at the smooth flatness all around.

No breeze from any side!
It is fearfully, deathly still!
In the enormous expanse
not one wave stirs.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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    from the LiederNet Archive

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

Translation © by Emily Ezust
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