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English translations of Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, opus 14

by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874)

1. Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte schon  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte schon", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte schon
Vom theuren Nest;
Ich glaubte, die Lerche dachte schon
Ans Liederfest;
Ich glaubte, die Blüten küßte schon
Ein junger West;
Ich glaubte, ich hielte Dich liebend schon
Auf ewig fest!
 
Wie wurdet ihr winterlich über Nacht,
Ihr Lüfte lind!
Wie Knospen und Blüthen über Nacht
Erfroren sind!
Wie die Lerche verlernte über Nacht
Ihr Lied geschwind!
Und wie Du vergessen hast über Nacht
Dein armes Kind!

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Isidor Beck (1817 - 1879), "Täuschung", appears in Stille Lieder, in Lieder der Liebe: Ihr Tagebuch, no. 12, first published 1840
  • sometimes misattributed to Christian Nikolaus Hugo Staacke

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Confirmed with Karl Beck, Stille Lieder, Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1840, page 23.

Note: according to Lawrence Snyder in German Poetry in Song, Fallen Leaf Press, 1995, Holstein attributes this text to Hugo Staacke. Unless "Hugo Staacke" is found to be a pseudonym of Karl Beck, this is a confirmed misattribution.


by Karl Isidor Beck (1817 - 1879) and sometimes misattributed to Christian Nikolaus Hugo Staacke
1. I believed that the swallow already dreamt
Language: English 
I believed that the swallow already dreamt
Of the dear nest;
I believed that the lark already thought of
The festival of song;
I believed that blossoms were already being kissed
By a young westwind;
I believed that lovingly I already held you 
Tightly for ever!

How you became wintry overnight,
You gentle breezes!
How overnight blossoms and buds
Were destroyed by frost!
How overnight the lark quickly
Unlearned its song!
And how overnight you forgot
Your poor sweetheart!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Karl Isidor Beck (1817 - 1879), "Täuschung", appears in Stille Lieder, in Lieder der Liebe: Ihr Tagebuch, no. 12, first published 1840 and misattributed to Christian Nikolaus Hugo Staacke
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Translations of title(s):
"Die Entsagende" = "The renouncing woman"
"Ich glaubte, die Schwalben" = "I believed that the swallows"
"Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte" = "I believed that the swallow dreamt"
"Ich glaubte, die Schwalbe träumte schon" = "I believed that the swallow already dreamt"
"Täuschung" = "Delusion"
"Über Nacht" = "Overnight"



This text was added to the website: 2023-04-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

Translation © by Sharon Krebs
2. Lockung  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Lockung", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen
Draußen durch die stille Rund?
Lockts dich nicht, hinabzulauschen
Von dem Söller in den Grund,
Wo die vielen Bäche gehen
Wunderbar im Mondenschein
Wo die stillen Schlösser sehen
In den Fluß vom hohen Stein?

Kennst du noch die irren Lieder
Aus der alten, schönen Zeit?
Sie erwachen alle wieder
Nachts in Waldeseinsamkeit,
Wenn die Bäume träumend lauschen
Und der Flieder duftet schwül
Und im Fluß die Nixen rauschen -
Komm herab, hier ist's so kühl.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Lockung", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2. Can't you hear the forest rustle
Language: English 
Can't you hear the forest rustle
outside through the quiet round?
Aren't you tempted to listen
down from the balcony to the ground
where the many brooks flow
wondrously in moonlight -
where the silent castles look
into the river from the high rock?

Do you remember the mad songs
from former, beautiful times?
They all awake again at night,
in the loneliness of the forest,
when the dreaming trees are listening
and the lilac has a sultry scent
and in the river the mermaids murmur:
come down, here it is so cool.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Jakob Kellner, (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), "Lockung", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

Translation © by Jakob Kellner
3. Mignon's Lied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Mignon's Lied", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kennst du das Land? wo die Citronen blühn,
Im dunkeln Laub die [Gold-Orangen]1 glühn,
Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht, 
Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorbeer steht,
Kennst du es wohl?
                   Dahin! Dahin
Möcht' ich mit dir, o mein Geliebter, ziehn.

Kennst du das Haus? Auf Säulen ruht sein Dach,
Es glänzt der Saal, es schimmert das Gemach,
Und Marmorbilder stehn und sehn mich an:
Was hat man Dir, du armes Kind, gethan?
Kennst du es wohl? 
                   Dahin! Dahin
Möcht' ich mit dir, o mein Beschützer, ziehn.

Kennst du den Berg und seinen Wolkensteg?
Das Maulthier sucht im Nebel seinen Weg;
In [Höhlen]2 wohnt der Drachen alte Brut;
Es stürzt der Fels und über ihn die Flut.
Kennst du [ihn]3 wohl?
                    Dahin! Dahin
Geht unser Weg! o Vater, laß uns ziehn!4

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1784, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, 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 177. First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Zweyter Band. Frankfurt und Leipzig. 1795, pages 7-8. The poem appears in Book 3, Chapter 1 of Goethe's novel.

See also the following poems inspired by this poem: the French poem Mignon and the German poem Kennst du das Land, wo über Grabes Nächte.

Note: modern German would employ the following spellings: "gethan" -> "getan", "Maulthier" -> "Maultier", etc.

1 Lang: "Goldorangen"
2 Schubert (autograph): "Höllen"
3 Schubert: "es"
4 Spontini adds:
Dahin mit dir, möcht' ich mit dir,
O mein Geliebter, ziehn,
Dahin mit dir, möcht' ich mit dir,
O mein Beschützer, ziehn,
O Vater, dahin geht unser Weg,
O Vater laß uns ziehn,
Mit dir dahin, dahin mit dir!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
3. Knowest thou where?
Language: English 
Knowest thou where the lemon blossom grows,
In foliage dark the orange golden glows,
A gentle breeze blows from the azure sky,
Still stands the myrtle, and the laurel, high?
Dost know it well?
'Tis there! 'Tis there
Would I with thee, oh my beloved, fare.

Knowest the house, its roof on columns fine?
Its hall glows brightly and its chambers shine,
And marble figures stand and gaze at me:
What have they done, oh wretched child, to thee?
Dost know it well?
'Tis there! 'Tis there
Would I with thee, oh my protector, fare.

Knowest the mountain with the misty shrouds?
The mule is seeking passage through the clouds;
In caverns dwells the dragons' ancient brood;
The cliff rocks plunge under the rushing flood!
Dost know it well?
'Tis there! 'Tis there
Leads our path! Oh father, let us fare.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 1996 by Walter Meyer, (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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1784, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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Other titles: "Sehnsucht nach Italien" -> "Longing for Italy"


This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 141

Translation © by Walter Meyer
4. Haidenröslein  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Haidenröslein", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn,
Röslein auf der Heiden,
War so jung und morgenschön,
Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn,
Sah's mit vielen Freuden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein [roth]1,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
 
Knabe sprach: ich breche dich,
Röslein auf der Heiden!
Röslein sprach: ich steche dich,
Daß du ewig denkst an mich,
Und ich will's nicht leiden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
 
Und der wilde Knabe brach
's Röslein auf der Heiden;
Röslein wehrte sich und stach,
Half [ihr]2 doch kein Weh und Ach,
Mußt' es eben leiden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth,
Röslein auf der Heiden.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Heidenröslein", written 1771, first published 1772

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 17.

First published in a different version by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1772 with the title "Fabelliedchen", and again in 1779 with the title "Röschen auf der Heide" (see below).

1 Lang: "schön"
2 Reichardt: "ihm"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
4. Rose blossom on the heath
Language: English 
Passing lad a rose blossom spied,
Blossom on the heath growing,
'Twas so fair and of youthful pride,
Raced he fast to be near its side,
Saw it with joy o'erflowing.
Blossom, blossom, blossom red,
Blossom on the heath growing.

Said the lad: I shall pick thee,
Blossom on the heath growing!
Blossom spoke: Then I'll prick thee,
That thou shalt ever think of me,
And I'll not be allowing.
Blossom, blossom, blossom red,
Blossom on the heath growing.

And the lusty lad did pick
The blossom on the heath growing;
Blossom, in defense, did prick,
'Twas, alas, but a harmless nick,
Had to be allowing.
Blossom, blossom, blossom red,
Blossom on the heath growing.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 1996 by Walter Meyer, (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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Heidenröslein", written 1771, first published 1772
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 115

Translation © by Walter Meyer
5. Schweizerlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Schweizerlied", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff
Language: Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch) 
[Uf'm]1 Bergli
Bin i [gesässe]2,
Ha de Vögle
Zugeschaut;
Hänt gesunge,
Hänt gesprunge,
Hänts Nästli
Gebaut.

In ä Garte
Bin i [gestande]3,
Ha de Imbli
Zugeschaut;
Hänt gebrummet,
Hänt gesummet,
[Hänt]4 Zelli
Gebaut.

Uf [d' Wiese]5
Bin i gange,
[Lugt'i]6 Summer-
vögle [a]7;
Hänt gesoge,
Hänt gefloge,
Gar [z'schön hänt's]8
Gethan.

Und da kummt nu
[Der Hansel]9,
Und da zeig i
Em froh,
Wie sie's [mache]10,
Und mer [lache]11
Und [mache's]12
Au so.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", written 1811, first published 1815

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, pages 169-170; with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, pages 155-156; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Original-Ausgabe. Wien, 1816. Bey Chr. Kaulfuß und C. Armbruster. Stuttgart. In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. Gedruckt bey Anton Strauß, pages 170-171.

1 Reichardt: "An ä"
2 Schubert: "gsässe"
3 Becker, Franz: "g'stande"; Schubert: "gstande"
4 Becker: "Hänt's"
5 Becker: "de Wiese"; Hiller: "di Wiese"
6 Becker: "Lug di"
7 Franz: "an"
8 Goethe (Wien 1816 edition): "zu schön hänt s'"; Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "zur schön hänts"; Franz: "zu schön hänt's"
9 Becker: "Au der Liebste"
10 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), Schubert: "machen"
11 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), Schubert: "lachen"
12 Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition): "machen's"; Schubert: "machens"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
5. The maiden in the meadow
Language: English 
On the hillside 
I sat,
Watching 
the birds;
They sang, 
they jumped;
They built 
nests.

In the garden 
I stood,
Watching 
the bees;
They hummed, 
they buzzed,
They built their 
hive.

















Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Thomas A. Gregg, (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 Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", written 1811, first published 1815
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 31

Translation © by Thomas A. Gregg
6. Liebe in der Fremde  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Liebe in der Fremde", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Über die]1 beglänzten Gipfel
Fernher kommt es wie ein Grüßen,
Flüsternd neigen sich die Wipfel
Als ob sie sich wollten küssen.

Ist er doch so schön und milde!
Stimmen gehen durch die Nacht,
Singen heimlich von dem Bilde -
Ach, ich bin so froh erwacht!

Plaudert nicht so laut, ihr Quellen!
Wissen darf es nicht der Morgen!
In der Mondnacht linde Wellen
Senk ich still mein Glück und Sorgen. -

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Liebe in der Ferne, no. 3

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1 Rudorff: "Dort über dem"; further changes may exist not shown above.

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
6.
[Translation not yet available]
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