Early with the singing of the lark

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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebliche Maid

(Sung text for setting by E. Hanslick)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: ENG

  Früh mit der Lerche Sang
Wandert' ich weit,
Schlürfte was Wies' entlang
Labung verleiht.
Heiter und goldenrein --
Rief ich -- wie Lenzes Schein,
Möge dein Morgen sein,
Liebliche Maid!
 
  Vögelein schmetterten
Froh durch die Luft,
Reizender Blumenflor
Streute mir Duft.
Wie aus bethautem Grün
Knospen der Rose glühn,
Soll deine Jugend blühn,
Liebliche Maid!
 
  Falk in der Schlinge liegt,
Schafft nicht mehr Leid;
Girrende Taube fliegt
Frei durch die Heid'.
Treffe sein Mißgeschick
Ihn, der mit Wort und Blick
Trübte dein stilles Glück,
Liebliche Maid!

Composition:

Eduard Hanslick

Lieder aus der Jugendzeit

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Liebliche Maid", page 266, poem No. 162, first published 1840

Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song - Phillis The Fair"
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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 89

Lovely maiden

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Hanslick)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Early with the singing of the lark
I wandered far,
I imbibed that which along the meadow
Offers refreshment.
Merry and goldenly pure --
I called -- as the radiance of spring
May your morning be,
Lovely maiden!
 
  Little birds there have
Made me happy with their singing,
Flowers in quiet places
Have scattered scent for me.
As out of dewy green
The buds of the rose glow,
Thus may your youth bloom,
Lovely maiden!
 
  Cooing dove flies
Freely through the heath;
The falcon is caught in the snare
And causes no more grief.
May his misfortune strike
Him, who with word or glance,
Would becloud your quiet happiness,
Lovely maiden!

Translated titles:
"Liebliche Maid" = "Lovely maiden"
"Früh mit der Lerche Sang" = "Early with the singing of the lark"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Liebliche Maid", page 266, poem No. 162, first published 1840
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Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song - Phillis The Fair"
- Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 110