English translations of Lieder, opus 7

by E. Näscher

1. Es schauen die Blumen alle  [sung text not yet checked]
by E. Näscher , "Es schauen die Blumen alle", op. 7 (Lieder) no. 4
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es schauen die Blumen alle
Zur leuchtenden Sonne hinauf;
Es nehmen die Ströme alle
Zum leuchtenden Meere den Lauf.

Es flattern die Lieder alle
Zu meinem leuchtenden Lieb -
Nehmt mit meine Tränen und Seufzer,
Ihr Lieder, wehmütig und trüb!

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Note: this text can also be found as an appendix to Buch der Lieder under the heading "Zu Lyrisches Intermezzo". First published in 1822 in Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz, a Berlin periodical

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. All the flowers gaze
Language: English 
All the flowers gaze
up to the brilliant sun;
All the streams run
to the gleaming sea.

All songs flutter
to my bright love -
Take along with you my tears and sighs,
You songs so mournful and dreary!

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2. Aus meinen großen Schmerzen  [sung text not yet checked]
by E. Näscher , "Aus meinen großen Schmerzen", op. 7 (Lieder) no. 6
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Aus meinen großen Schmerzen
Mach' ich die kleinen Lieder;
Die heben ihr klingend Gefieder
Und flattern nach ihrem Herzen.

Sie fanden den Weg zur Trauten,
Doch kommen sie wieder und klagen,
Und klagen, und wollen nicht sagen,
Was sie im Herzen schauten.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 139.


by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. From my great sorrows
Language: English 
 From my great sorrows
 I make small songs;
 they lift their ringing feathers
 and flutter to her heart.

 They have found a way to my sweetheart,
 yet they come back and lament,
 and lament - but they will not say
 what they have seen in her heart.

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