English translation of Drittes Lied der Ophelia

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Drittes Lied der Ophelia", op. 67 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3 (1918)

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    Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß,
    Leider ach, leider, den Liebsten:
    Manche Thräne fiel in des Grabes Schoß; -
Fahr' wohl, meine Taube!

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Confirmed with Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark, übersetzt von Karl Simrock, in: William Shakspear’s[sic] sämmtliche dramatische Werke in neuen Uebersetzungen, Leipzig: Georg Wigand’s Verlag, [no year], page 687

Note: according to The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss, ed. by Charles Youmans, Seeger is listed as the translator of Hamlet, but Seeger's translations are quite different. Simrock and Seeger are listed together as the translators for the ten-volume set.


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Mein junger frischer Hansel ist's der mir gefällt!

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Confirmed with Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark, übersetzt von Karl Simrock, in: William Shakspear’s[sic] sämmtliche dramatische Werke in neuen Uebersetzungen, Leipzig: Georg Wigand’s Verlag, [no year], page 687

Note: according to The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss, ed. by Charles Youmans, Seeger is listed as the translator of Hamlet, but Seeger's translations are quite different. Simrock and Seeger are listed together as the translators for the ten-volume set.


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   Und kommt er nimmermehr?
     ... 
       Er ist todt, o weh!
       In dein Totbett geh',
    Er kommt dir nimmermehr.
    Sein Bart war weiss wie Schnee,
    Sein Haupt wie Flachs dazu.
       Er ist hin, er ist hin,
       Kein Trauern bringt Gewinn:
    Mit seiner Seele Ruh'!
Und mit allen Christenseelen! darum bet' ich! --
Gott sei mit euch!

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Confirmed with Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark, übersetzt von Karl Simrock, in: William Shakspear’s[sic] sämmtliche dramatische Werke in neuen Uebersetzungen, Leipzig: Georg Wigand’s Verlag, [no year], page 687

Note: according to The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss, ed. by Charles Youmans, Seeger is listed as the translator of Hamlet, but Seeger's translations are quite different. Simrock and Seeger are listed together as the translators for the ten-volume set.


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Author(s): Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876)
She bore him on his bier naked
Alas, alas, her darling!
Many tears fell in the grave’s lap -
Farewell, farewell, my dove!

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It’s my young, sweet Hansel, who loves me.

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And he’ll nevermore return?
And he’ll nevermore return?
He is dead, woe is me!
To your deathbed go,
He’ll never come to you again.
His bead was white as snow,
His hair like flax.
He is gone, he is gone,
No amount  of mourning will profit you:
Peace to his soul
And to all Christian souls!
For that I pray! God be with you!

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Translation © by Laura Prichard