English translations of Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, opus 3

by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906)

1. Abschied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Abschied", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ soprano and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Abendlich [schon]1 rauscht der Wald
Aus den [tiefsten]2 Gründen,
Droben wird der Herr nun bald
[An die Sternlein zünden]3,
Wie so stille in den Schlünden,
Abendlich nur rauscht der Wald.

Alles geht zu seiner Ruh,
[Wald und Welt versausen]4,
Schauernd hört der Wandrer zu,
Sehnt sich [recht]5 nach Hause,
Hier in Waldes [grüner]6 Klause
Herz, geh' [endlich auch]7 zur Ruh!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, W. Simion in Berlin, 1843, page 382.

1 Fischer: "nur"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Walter: "tiefen"
3 Franz: "Die Stern' anzünden"; Walter: "An die Sterne zünden"
4 Hensel: "Wie die Welt verbrause"
5 Franz: "wohl", Hensel: "tief"
6 Franz: "stiller"
7 Franz: "endlich du auch"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
1. Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood
Language: English 
Evening breezes rustle yet in the wood
from the deepest grounds;
above the lord will now soon
light the stars.
How silent in the chasms!
Just evening breezes in the wood.

Everything goes to its rest.
[Wood and world vanish]1; 
shuddering, the wanderer listens,
[yearning]2 for home.
Here in the [green]3 hermitage of the forest,
Heart, at last, you too go to rest.

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1 Hensel: "as the world fades away"
2 Hensel: "yearning deeply"
3 Franz: "quiet"


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2. Der Ungenannten  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Der Ungenannten", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ soprano and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf eines Berges Gipfel
Da möcht' ich mit dir stehn,
Auf Täler, Waldeswipfel
Mit dir herniedersehn;
Da möcht' ich rings dir zeigen
Die Welt im Frühlingsschein,
Und sprechen: wär's mein Eigen,
So wär' es mein und dein.
 
In meiner Seelen Tiefen,
O sähst du da hinab,
Wo alle Lieder schliefen,
Die je ein Gott mir gab!
Da würdest du erkennen:
Wenn [Echtes]1 ich erstrebt,
Und mag's [auch dich]2 nicht nennen,
Doch ist's von dir belebt.

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], pages 41-42.

1 Lang: "Ächtes"
2 Unger: "dich auch"

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
2. The unnamed one
Language: English 
On the top of a mountain
I would like to stand with you,
Gazing down upon
Valleys and treetops;
Around [us] I would like to show you
The world in the glow of spring,
And say : were this mine,
It would now be mine and yours. 

Into the depths of my soul,
O you would look,
Where slumbering lay all the songs
That God gave me!
There you would see:
When I seek Reality,
Even if it does not name you,
It is animated by you.

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Translation of title "Der Ungenannten" = "The unnamed one"


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3. Weisst du noch, wie ich am Felsen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Weisst du noch, wie ich am Felsen", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ soprano and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weißt du noch, wie ich am [Felsen]1
Bei den Veilchen dich belauschte?
Weißt du noch den Fliederstrauch,
Wo der Strom vorüber rauschte?
Weißt du noch den Bergespfad,
Wo ich um den Strauß dich bat,
  Weißt du noch?

Ach, es war ein süßes Bild,
Als du da errötend standest
Und zur Erde all die Blumen
Fielen, die zum Strauß du [wandest]2!
Deine liebe kleine Hand
Spielte mit dem blauen Band,
  Weißt du noch?

Und es sahen Fels und Strom
Dein Erröten und dein Beben,
Sahen auch den ersten Kuß,
Halb genommen, halb gegeben!
Und des Himmels goldner Strahl
Ueberflog Gebirg und Thal;
  Weißt du noch?

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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1852, pages 57-58

1 Abt, Fischer, Fischhof, Lammers, Pauls: "Fels" (according to Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Blumenthal: "bandest"

by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)
3. Do you still remember, how I at the rock
Language: English 
Do you still remember, how at the rock
By the violets I eavesdropped on you?
Do you still remember the lilac bush
Where the river rushed past?
Do you still remember the mountain path
Where I asked you for your bouquet,
  Do you still remember?

Ah, it was a sweet image
When you stood there blushing
And all the flowers fell to earth,
[The flowers] that you were [twining]1 into a bouquet!
Your dear little hand
Played with the blue ribbon,
  Do you still remember?

And the rocks and river saw
Your blushing and your trembling,
Saw, too, the first kiss,
Half taken, half given!
And the golden beam from heaven
Skimmed over mountain and valley;
  Do you still remember?

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Translations of title(s):
"Weißt du noch?" = "Do you still remember?"
"Weisst du noch wie ich am Fels" = "Do you still remember, how I at the rock"
"Weisst du noch, wie ich am Felsen" = "Do you still remember, how I at the rock"

1 Blumenthal: "binding"


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4. Wiegenlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Wiegenlied", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1881 [ soprano and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Ähren nur noch nicken,
Das Haupt ist ihnen schwer;
Die müden Blumen blicken,
Nur schüchtern noch umher.

[Da]1 kommen Abendwinde,
[Still wie die]2 Engelein,
Und [wiegen]3 sanft und linde
Die Halm' und [Blumen]4 ein.

Und wie die Blumen blicken,
So schüchtern blickst du nun,
Und wie die Ähren nicken
Will auch dein Häuptlein ruh'n.

Und Abendklänge schwingen
[Still wie die]2 Engelein
Sich um die Wieg', und singen
Mein Kind in Schlummer ein.

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Confirmed with Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Erste vollständige Ausgabe besorgt durch Dr. Lionel von Donop, Zweite Auflage, Berlin, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1878, page 183.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the word "Ähren" becomes "Aehren", but as can be seen in how "über" becomes "Ueber" when capitalized, this is due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, so we use "Ähren".

1 Decker: "Es"
2 Keller: "So still wie"
3 Decker (possibly an error): "neigen"
4 Kiel: "Büsche"

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
4. Lullaby
Language: English 
Only the ears of wheat still nod,
Their heads are heavy;
The tired flowers gaze
Only shyly about now.
 
[Then come evening breezes]1,
As silently as little angels,
And softly and gently [rock]2
The stalks and [flowers]3 to rest.
 
And as the flowers gaze about,
So shyly you too gaze now,
And as the ears of wheat are nodding
Your little head wishes to rest as well.
 
And the evening sounds come gliding
Quietly, like the little angels,
About your cradle, and sing
My child into slumber.

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Translated titles:
"Die Ähren nur noch nicken" = "Only the ears of wheat still nod"
"Schlummerlied" = "Slumber Song"
"Wiegenlied" = "Lullaby"
"Wiegenliedchen" = "Little lullaby"
"Wiegenlied im Sommer" = "Lullaby in summertime"

1 Decker: "The evening breezes come"
2 Decker (possibly an error): "incline"
3 Kiel: "bushes"


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5. Kinderlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Kinderlied", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1881 [ soprano and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das Mädchen
 Mutter, Mutter! meine Puppe
    Hab ich in den Schlaf gewiegt,
 Gute Mutter, komm und siehe,
    Wie so englisch sie da liegt.

 Vater wies mich ab und sagte:
    "Geh, du bist ein dummes Kind";
 Du nur, Mutter, kannst begreifen,
    Welche meine Freuden sind.

 Wie du mit den kleinen Kindern,
    Will ich alles mit ihr tun,
 Und sie soll in ihrer Wiege
    Neben meinem Bette ruhn.

 Schläft sie, werd ich von ihr träumen,
    Schreit sie auf, erwach ich gleich, --
 Meine himmlisch gute Mutter,
    O wie bin ich doch so reich!

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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
5. Mother, Mother! My dolly
Language: English 
Mother, Mother!  My dolly
    I have rocked to sleep,
Good mother, come and see,
    How angelically she lies there.
 
Father repulsed me and said:
   "Go, you are a silly child";
Only you, Mother, can understand
    What my joys are.
 
Just as you do with the little children,
    I want to do everything with her,
And she shall in her cradle
    Rest beside my bed.
 
If she sleeps, I shall dream of her,
    If she cries, I shall immediately awaken, --
My divinely good mother,
    Oh how very rich I am!

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