English translations of Lieder und Gesänge von Goethe, opus 32

by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891)

1. Freudvoll und leidvoll   [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Freudvoll und leidvoll ", op. 32 (Lieder und Gesänge von Goethe) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Freudvoll
Und leidvoll,
Gedankenvoll seyn;
[Langen]1
Und bangen
In schwebender Pein;
Himmelhoch jauchzend
Zum Tode betrübt;
Glücklich allein
Ist die Seele, die liebt.

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Achter Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 231-232, and with Egmont. Trauerspiel von Goethe. Leipzig bei Georg Joachim Göschen 1788, page 97.

Note for line 4 word 1: some editions not endorsed by Goethe have "Hangen" instead of "Langen".

1 Liszt, Rubinstein: "Hangen"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
1. Joyful and sorrowful
Language: English 
Joyful
And sorrowful,
Thoughtful;
Longing
And anxious
In constant anguish;
Skyhigh rejoicing
despairing to death;
Happy alone
Is the soul that loves.

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2. Rastlose Liebe   [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Rastlose Liebe ", op. 32 (Lieder und Gesänge von Goethe) no. 2, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Dem]1 Schnee, [dem]1 Regen,
Dem Wind entgegen,
Im Dampf der Klüfte,
Durch Nebeldüfte,
Immer zu! Immer zu!
Ohne Rast und Ruh!

Lieber durch Leiden
[Möcht']2 ich mich schlagen,
Als so viel Freuden
Des Lebens ertragen.
Alle das Neigen
[Von]3 Herzen zu Herzen,
Ach wie so eigen
Schaffet [das]4 Schmerzen!

Wie soll ich [fliehen?]5
Wälderwärts [ziehen?]6
[Alles]7 vergebens!
Krone des Lebens,
Glück ohne Ruh,
Liebe, bist du!

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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 93, and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, pages 147-148.

1 Harder: "Durch"
2 Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "Wollt'"; Greger: "Will"
3 Reichardt: "Der"
4 Schubert (2nd version, and 1st version in Alte Gesamtausgabe): "es"
5 Reichardt, Schubert: "flieh'n"
6 Reichardt, Schubert: "zieh'n"
7 Schubert: "Alles, alles"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2. Restless love
Language: English 
To the snow, to the rain
To the wind opposed,
In the mist of the ravines
Through the scent of fog,
Always on!  Always on!
Without rest and peace!

I would rather through suffering
Fight myself,
Than so many joys
Of life endure.

All the inclining
Of heart to heart,
Ah, how curiously
that creates pain!

Where shall I flee?
To the forest move?
All in vain!
Crown of life,
Happiness without peace,
Love, are you!

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3. Blumengruss  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Blumengruss", op. 32 (Lieder und Gesänge von Goethe) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth
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. An die Entfernte   [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "An die Entfernte ", op. 32 (Lieder und Gesänge von Goethe) no. 4, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth
Language: German (Deutsch) 
So hab ich wirklich dich verloren,
Bist du, o [Schöne]1, mir entflohn?
Noch [klingt]2 in den gewohnten Ohren
Ein jedes Wort, ein jeder Ton.

So wie des Wandrers Blick am Morgen
Vergebens in die Lüfte dringt,
[Wenn]3, in dem blauen Raum verborgen,
Hoch über ihm die Lerche singt:

So dringet ängstlich hin und wieder
Durch Feld und [Busch und Wald]4 mein Blick;
Dich rufen alle meine Lieder;
O komm, Geliebte, mir zurück!

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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 67; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, page 117.

1 Berger: "Teure"
2 Hensel: "tönt"
3 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Wann"
4 Hensel: "Wald und Busch"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
4. To the distant one
Language: English 
So have I truly lost you?
Have you, o fair one, fled from me?
Yet still I can hear in my accustomed ears 
Every word, every tone of your voice.

Just as the wanderer's gaze in the morning
Searchingly pierces the heavens in vain
When, concealed in the blue expanse
High above, the lark sings to him:

So does my gaze anxiously search here and there,
Through field and bush and forest,
Singing to you through all my songs,
O come, my darling, back to me!

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5. Dem aufgehenden Vollmonde  [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Dem aufgehenden Vollmonde", op. 32 (Lieder und Gesänge von Goethe) no. 5, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Willst du mich [sogleich]1 verlassen?
Warst im Augenblick so nah!
Dich umfinstern Wolkenmassen
Und nun bist du gar nicht da.

Doch du [fühlst]2, wie ich betrübt bin,
Blickt dein Rand herauf als Stern!
Zeugest mir, daß ich geliebt bin,
Sei das Liebchen noch so fern.

So hinan denn! hell und heller,
Reiner Bahn, in voller Pracht!
Schlägt mein Herz auch schmerzlich schneller,
Überselig ist die Nacht.

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Confirmed with Goethes Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Sieben und vierzigster Band, (Volume 47), Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1833, page 66.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".

1 Stöhr: "so bald"
2 Stöhr: "siehst"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
5.
Language: English 
Do you want to leave me immediately?
A moment ago you were so close!
You are occluded by masses of clouds
And now you are no longer there.

But yet you can sense, how distressed I am,
Your edge emerges [and shines] upwards like a star!
You give me evidence that I am loved,
Even though [you, my] sweetheart are still so far away.

So rise then, bright and brighter,
On a clear course, in full splendor!
My heart beats painfully faster, [and]
Most blessed is the night.

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Translator's notes:
Line 1-3: comparing the beloved to a celestial object, like a moon or sun
Line 2-2: describes a small burst of light from the edge of a celestial body that peeks out from an eclipse or cloud.


This text was added to the website: 2016-04-10
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Translation © by Laura Prichard