If the sun would shine beautifully

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene
Wie in Welschland lau und blau,
Ging' ich mit der Mandoline
Durch die überglänzte Au.

In der Nacht dann Liebchen lauschte
An dem Fenster süß verwacht;
Wünschte mir und ihr, uns Beiden,
Heimlich eine schöne Nacht.

Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene
Wie in Welschland lau und blau,
Ging' ich mit der Mandoline
Durch die überglänzte Au.

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von M. Simion, 1841, page 8.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 2 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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If the sun would shine beautifully

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

If the sun would shine beautifully
As in Italy mild and blue,
With my mandolin I would wander
Through the gleaming meadow.

In the night then my darling would listen
At the window, sweetly wakeful;
Would secretly wish me and herself, 
Would wish the two us a lovely night.

If the sun would shine beautifully
As in Italy mild and blue,
With my mandolin I would wander
Through the gleaming meadow.

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Translations of title(s):
"Der wandernde Musikant" = "The wandering minstrel"
"Pagenlied" = "Song of the page-boy"
"Wenn die Sonne lieblich" = "If the sun would [shine] beautifully"
"Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene" = "If the sun would shine beautifully"
"Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene wie in Welschland lau und blau" = "If the sun would shine beautifully as in Italy mild and blue"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 2
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Word count: 72