English translations of Lieder, opus 2

by Lo. List

1. Wie kannst du ruhig schlafen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Lo. List , "Wie kannst du ruhig schlafen", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 1
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Wie kannst du ruhig schlafen,
Und weißt, ich lebe noch?
Der alte Zorn kommt wieder,
Und dann [zerbrech']1 ich mein Joch.

  Kennst du das alte Liedchen:
Wie einst ein toter Knab'
Um Mitternacht die Geliebte
Zu sich geholt ins Grab?

  Glaub' mir, du wunderschönes,
Du wunderholdes Kind,
Ich [lebe]2 und bin noch stärker
Als alle Toten sind!

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 126.

1 Heller: "zerbreche"
2 Merxhausen (Decker): "leb' "

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. How can you sleep peacefully
Language: English 
  How can you sleep peacefully
And know that I still live?
My old wrath rises again,
And then I break my yoke.

  Do you know the old song:
How once a dead lad
Fetched his beloved at midnight
And took her with him into the grave?

  Believe me, you wondrously beautiful,
You wondrously lovely child,
I live and I am even stronger
Than all the dead!

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Translations of title(s):
"Drohung" = "Threat"
"Wie kannst du ruhig schlafen" = "How can you sleep peacefully"



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