English translations of Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 13

by Willy Viol (b. 1848)

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1. Sonnenblicke  [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Sonnenblicke", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kleine Blume im engen Thal,
Dich auch fand [der Sonne Strahl,]1
Armes Herz in der kranken Brust,
Dir auch ward der Liebe Lust.

Und die Blume das Köpfchen hing,
Als die Sonne weiter ging,
Und das Herz es brach entzwei
Als das kurze Glück vorbei!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Albert Traeger, Leipzig: Ernst Keil, 1858, page 83.

1 Lang: "ein Sonnenstrahl!"

by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912)
1. Sunny glimpse
Language: English 
Little flower in the narrow valley,
[The rays of the sun]1 found you too;
Poor heart in the sick bosom,
You too have experienced love's joy.

And the flower hung its little head
When the sun passed on;
And the heart broke in two
When the short happiness was past!

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Sonnenblicke = Sunny glimpses
Sonnenblick = Sunny glimpse
1 Lang: "A sunbeam"


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2. Einsamkeit  [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Einsamkeit", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Hörst du nicht die Quellen gehen
Zwischen Stein und Blumen weit
Nach den stillen Waldesseen,
Wo die Marmorbilder stehen
In der schönen Einsamkeit?
Von den Bergen sacht hernieder,
Weckend die uralten Lieder,
Steigt die wunderbare Nacht,
Und die Gründe glänzen wieder,
Wie du's oft im Traum gedacht.

  Kennst die Blume du, entsprossen
In dem mondbeglänzten Grund?
Aus der Knospe, halb erschlossen,
Junge Glieder blühend sprossen,
Weiße Arme, roter Mund,
Und die Nachtigallen schlagen,
Und rings hebt es an zu klagen,
Ach, vor Liebe todeswund,
Von versunknen schönen Tagen --
Komm, o komm zum stillen Grund!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 222. Note: in some posthumous anthologies, the poem appears with the title "Einsamkeit", cf. Dichtergrüße. Neuere deutsche Lyrik ausgewählt von Elise Polko, Leipzig, G. F. Amelang's Verlag, 1873, page 140 (the text splits the first stanza into two stanzas of five lines each, then omits the first five lines of the second stanza and leaves the last five lines as its third stanza, while changing line -3 to "Ach, von Liebe todeswund"; the poem is also titled "Einsamkeit" in Deutscher Hort, Bände 44 – 47, Kunst und Leben 3.Teil, Leipzig : Verlag von Quelle & Meyer, 1925, p.10.


by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2.
Language: English 
Do you not hear the spring running
between the stones and flowers far
toward the quiet wood lakes,
where the marble statues stand
in fine solitude?
From the mountains, gently
awakening ancient songs,
the wondrous night descends
and the earth gleams again
as you often see in a dream.

Do you know the flower that blooms
in the moonlit land,
from whose buds, half-open,
young limbs bloom with
white arms and red mouth?
And the nightingale sings,
and all around, a lament is raised;
alas, wounded fatally by love,
by lovely days now gone forever -
come, o come to the silent land!

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Translation of title "Nachtzauber" = "Night magic"


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3. Du Tropfen Thau  [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Du Tropfen Thau", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du Tropfen Thau, seh' ich dich an,
Kömmt mir die Thräne süß und still,
Weil du so treu dein Blümlein liebst,
Wie ich wohl einmal lieben will.

Und trennt dich auch an jedem Tag
Von deinem Lieb' der Sonnenschein,
Du kehrst an Abend stets zurück!
So muß wohl treue Liebe sein.

Und stirbt dein Lieb, vom Sonnenbrand,
Dann stirbst auch du im letzten Kuß!
Ich seh' dich an, und sinne still,
Wie solch ein Tod beglücken muß!

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by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz (1823 - 1891)
3.
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You drop of dew, I gaze upon you,
My tears come sweetly and silently,
Because you so truly love your little flower,
As one day I will love.

And each day you are also parted
From your love by the sunshine,
But you always return at evening!
Indeed, so true your love must be.

And if your love may day, in the blaze of sun,
Then you also will die, in your final kiss!
I gaze upon you and consider quietly,
How happy such a death must be!

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4. Im Herbst
by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Im Herbst", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Traurig klagt des Bächleins Weise
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5. Für Musik  [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Für Musik", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Nun]1 die Schatten dunkeln,
Stern [an]2 Stern erwacht:
Welch ein Hauch der Sehnsucht
Flutet [in der]3 Nacht!

Durch das [Meer]4 der Träume
Steuert ohne Ruh',
[Steuert]5 meine Seele
Deiner Seele zu.

Die sich dir ergeben,
Nimm sie ganz dahin!
Ach, du weißt, daß nimmer
Ich [mein]6 eigen bin.

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Juniuslieder, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 34.

1 Lewy: "Wenn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Bolko von Hochberg: "bei"
3 Bolko von Hochberg, Hermann, Rubinstein, Schachner, Zumpe: "durch die"
4 Bolko von Hochberg: "Reich"
5 Hermann: "Sehnend"
6 Schachner: "mir"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
5. Now the shadows are darkening
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Now the shadows are darkening
star after star is waking up:
what a breath of longing
is flooding through the night!

Across the sea of dreams,
steering ceaselessly
my soul is steering
towards your soul.

Anything that surrenders to you
is to be taken completely.
Oh, you know, that I am no longer
my own.

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6. Am Kreuzweg  [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Am Kreuzweg", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Am Kreuzweg wird begraben
Wer selber sich brachte um;
[Dort]1 wächst eine blaue Blume,
Die [Armesünderblum']2.

Am Kreuzweg [stand]3 ich und seufzte;
Die Nacht war kalt und stumm.
Im Mondschein bewegte sich langsam
Die [Armesünderblum']2.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 166.

1 Griffes: "Da"
2 Cahn-Speyer: "Armensünderblum' "
3 White: "sass"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
6.
Language: English 
At the crossroads he was buried,
the one who took his own life.
A blue flower grows there,
the Woeful-sinner's-bloom.
 
At the crossroads I stood sighing;
the night was cold and still.
The Woeful-sinner's-bloom
slowly stirred in the moonlight.

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