English translations of Zwei Duette für hohe und tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, opus 45

by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919)

1. Notturno  [sung text not yet checked]
by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Notturno", op. 45 (Zwei Duette für hohe und tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ vocal duet for low voice and high voice with piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Komm, o Nacht! - und nimm mich hin,
Dass ich schlafend mich vergesse,
Länger nicht mit wachem Sinn
Meines Kummers Tiefen messe.

Schlafe, müdes, wundes Herz
Deine Klagen sind vergebens.
Schlaf ist Balsam deinem Schmerz,
Traum die Blüte meines Lebens.

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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)
1. Nocturne
Language: English 
Come, o night! and take me away,
That I may forget myself while sleeping,
And no longer, with waking mind,
Measure the depth of my sorrow.

Sleep, you tired, wounded heart,
Your laments are in vain.
Slumber is balm for your pain,
Dreaming the bloom of my life

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Translations of title(s):
"An die Nacht" = "At Night"
"Komm, o Nacht! -" = "Come, O Night!"
"Komm' o Nacht, und nimm' mich hin" = "Come o night, and take me away"
"Notturno" = "Nocturne"



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2. Ständchen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Ständchen", op. 45 (Zwei Duette für hohe und tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ vocal duet for low voice and high voice with piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Mond steht über dem Berge,
So recht für verliebte Leut';
Im Garten rieselt ein Brunnen,
Sonst Stille weit und breit.

Neben der Mauer im Schatten,
Da stehn der Studenten drei,
Mit Flöt' und Geig' und Zither,
Und [spielen und singen]1 dabei.

Die Klänge schleichen der Schönsten
Sacht in den Traum hinein,
sie schaut den blonden Geliebten
und lispelt: Vergiß nicht mein.

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  • by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858), "Ständchen", from Gedichte, Stuttgart and Tübingen, first published 1840

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Confirmed with Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände: Literatur-Blatt aus das Jahr 1833, redigirt von Dr. Wolfgang Menzel, Stuttgart und Tübingen, im Verlage der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1833, pages 219-220.

Note: some lines of this poem were used in Zanettovich's Lied (mond - nacht - liebes - traum - lied)
1 Brahms: "singen und spielen"

by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858)
2. Serenade
Language: English 
The moon hangs over the mountain,
So fitting for love-struck people.
In the garden trickles a fountain;
Otherwise, it is still far and wide.

Near the wall, in shadows,
there stand the students three:
with flute and fiddle and zither,
they sing and play there.

The sounds waft up to the loveliest of women,
gently entering her dreams.
She gazes on her blond beloved
and whispers: "Forget me not!"

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