English translations of Drei Lieder, opus 50

by Wilhelm Kreibig

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1. Das Königskind  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Kreibig , "Das Königskind", op. 50 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [ voice, piano and violin or violoncello ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mir [träumte]1 von einem Königskind,
Mit nassen, blassen Wangen;
Wir sassen unter der grünen Lind'
Und hielten uns liebeumfangen.

"Ich will nicht deines Vaters Thron,
Ich will nicht sein Scepter [von]2 Golde,
Ich will nicht seine demantene Kron',
Ich will dich selber, du Holde!"

Das kann nicht sein, sprach sie zu mir,
ich liege ja im Grabe,
und nur des Nachts komm' ich zu dir,
weil ich so lieb dich habe.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 146. Note: modern German would spell "Scepter" as "Zepter" (line 2-2).

1 Kern: "träumte einst"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Weiss: "aus"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
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Language: English 
I dreamed of a king's daughter
With wet, pale cheeks;
We sat beneath the green linden 
And held each other, full of love.

"I do not want your father's throne,
I do not want his scepter of gold,
I do not want his crown of diamonds --
I want you yourself, you lovely one!"

It cannot be, she said to me :
I lie in my grave,
And only at night do I come to you,
Because I love you so much.

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