English translations of Zwei Lieder von Rückert und Prutz, opus 3

by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen

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1. Ich will's dir nimmer sagen
 (Sung text)
by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen, "Ich will's dir nimmer sagen", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder von Rückert und Prutz) no. 1, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich will's dir nimmer sagen,
Wie ich so lieb dich hab',
Im Herzen will ich's tragen,
Will stumm sein wie das Grab.

Kein Lied soll dir's gestehen,
Soll flehen um mein Glück,
Du selber sollst es sehen,
Du selbst -- in meinem Blick.

Und kannst du es nicht lesen,
Was dort so zärtlich spricht,
So ist's ein Traum gewesen;
Dem Träumer zürne nicht.

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by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872)
1.
Language: English 
I shall never tell you
How much I love you.
I shall carry it in my heart,
And shall be as [mute]1 as the grave.
 
No song [poem] shall confess it to you,
Shall plead for my happiness;
You yourself must see it,
You yourself [must see it] in my gaze.
 
And if you cannot read
What speaks so tenderly there,
Then it was but a dream.
Do not be angry with the dreamer!

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Translated titles:
"Entsagung" = "Renunciation"
"Ich will's dir nimmer sagen" and "Ich will dir's nimmer sagen" = "I shall never tell you"
"Mein Geheimniss" = "My secret"
"Stille Liebe" = "Silent love"
"Verschwiegene Liebe" = "Concealed love"
"Volkslied" = "Folksong"
"Vorsatz" = "Resolution"

1 Lang: "silent"


This text was added to the website: 2006-12-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

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2. Der Liebsten Herz ist aufgewacht
 (Sung text)
by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen, "Der Liebsten Herz ist aufgewacht", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder von Rückert und Prutz) no. 2, published 1872, stanzas 3-5,7 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Trautwein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 ... 

Der Liebsten Herz ist aufgewacht
  Als wie aus tiefem Traume,
  Es sieht erstaunt die Frühlingspracht
  Um sich im Weltenraume.

Der Liebsten Herz ist aufgewacht
  Zu einem neuen Leben;
  Ein Himmel hat es angelacht,
  Darein will ich verschweben.

Der Liebsten Herz ist aufgewacht
  Als wie die Ros' am Strauche;
  Die Liebe hat es angefacht
  Mit einem frischen Hauche.

 ... 

Der Liebsten Herz ist aufgewacht,
  Ich hab' es aufgewecket,
  Und wache, daß es keine Nacht
  Des Grames wieder decket.

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
2. My beloved's heart has awakened
Language: English 
[ ... ]

My beloved's heart has awakened
  As if from a deep dream;
  Astonished, it perceives the splendour of springtime
  All around in the universe.

My beloved's heart has awakened
  To a new life;
  A heaven has smiled upon it,
  Within which [it wishes]1 to waft away.

My beloved's heart has awakened
  Like the rose upon the bush;
  Love has set it aglow
  With a fresh breath.

[ ... ]

My beloved's heart has awakened,
  I have woken it
  And keep watch that no night
  Of grief ever comes upon it again.

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1 Merxhausen (von Decker): "I wish"


This text was added to the website: 2024-01-15
Line count: 28
Word count: 153

Translation © by Sharon Krebs