English translations of Two songs with English and German words, opus 5

by Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876 - 1938)

1. Returning spring
by Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876 - 1938), "Returning spring", op. 5 (Two songs with English and German words) no. 1 [ high voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch)
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by Helen Chisholm
2. Neuer Frühling  [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876 - 1938), "Neuer Frühling", op. 5 (Two songs with English and German words) no. 1 [ high voice and piano ], also set in English
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ach, ich sehne mich nach Tränen,
Liebestränen, [schmerzenmild]1,
Und ich fürchte, dieses Sehnen
Wird am Ende noch erfüllt.

Ach, der Liebe süßes Elend
Und der Liebe bittre Lust
Schleicht sich wieder, himmlisch quälend,
In die kaum genes'ne Brust.

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1 Deprosse: "schmerzensmild"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. New spring
Language: English 
Ah, I yearn for tears,
Tears of love, gently painful,
And I fear that this yearning
Shall in the end be fulfilled.
 
Ah, the sweet misery of love
And the bitter joy of love
Creeps once again with heavenly torture
Into the barely recovered breast.

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Translated titles:
"Erfüllte Ahnung" = "Fulfilled premonition"
"Sehnen" = "Yearning"
"Ach, ich sehne mich nach Tränen" = "Ah, I yearn for tears"
"Süßes Elend, bitt're Lust" = "Sweet misery, bitter joy"
"Neuer Frühling" = "New spring"


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Translation © by Sharon Krebs