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by Marianne Marschner (1804 - 1854)
Translation © by Jeffrey Williams

Corsarenliebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Hörst du Kastagnetten klingen,
Liebchen, in dem nahem Hain?
Komm mit leicht beschwingter Sohle,
Fliege munter durch die Reih'n.

Ach nach dieses Tages Schwüle
Ruht sich's lieblich hier im Moos,
Selbst der Mandelbäume Blüthen
Fallen matt in meinen Schooss.

Lockt dich nicht das laute Lachen,
Nicht der Töne Silberschall?
Süsser ist's im kühlen Schatten
Lauschen auf den Wiederhall.

Durch der Blätter schwankend Beben
Sieh, der flüchtgen Paare Tanz.
Sieh im Thau auf duftgen Blumen
Spiegelt sich der Mondesglanz.

Liebchen komm, zärtlich ruft der Ton der Flöte.
Süsse Ruh, bringet mir die Abendröthe.
Sei's, ich gebe nach, bleibe dir zur Seite.
Hier am kühlen Bach, unter'm Blätterdach.

Doch zum Lohne reicht mein Liebchen
Mir ein Zeichen ihrer Huld,
Wenn ich hier im Moose lag're 
Unterwürfig in Geduld;

Wohl, hier hast du eine Blume,
Die ich hier im Grase fand,
Überreich ist die Belohnung
Reicht sie der Geliebten Hand.

Ei, du Lose, kannst du wähnen
Dass ein Blümchen mir genug?
Gilt sie dir nicht mehr als Schätze,
Ist dein Lieben Lug und Trug.

Doch für mein gehorsam Bleiben
Hofft' ich schon, ein Kuss sei mein!
Soll ich Ruh' so theuer kaufen?
Lieber tanz' ich auf dem Rain.

Liebchen komm, lass mein Flehen dich er weichen.
Nur beim Tanz, will ich meine Hand dir reichen.
O wie so geschwind bist du müd' der Ruhe!
Mädchenlaunen sind wechselnd wie der Wind.

Text Authorship:

  • by Marianne Marschner (1804 - 1854) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Corsarenliebe", op. 154a (Drei Duetten für Sopran und Bariton) no. 2 (1850), published 1850 [ duet for baritone and soprano with piano ], Hamburg, Cranz; we have added the letter 'a' to the opus number to distinguish this set from the one assigned the same opus number by another publisher in 1851 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Jeffrey Williams) , "Pirate Love", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jeffrey Williams [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-02-15
Line count: 40
Word count: 227

Pirate Love
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The wave rolls, the winds blow,
A mute farewell presses the heart
Oh let me admit my yearning,
That is pulling me homewards so much.

The sea roars around the high walls
Of your proud father's castle,
Only secretly may I lurk below,
I am threatened by enemy bullets.

Yet the danger cannot frighten me,
I'm just scared of your threatening eyes
Could I awaken your heart in love,
So I would mock their weapons.

The bloody wound burns hotly
And bitter is death's greeting,
But the hour is more bitter,
When I have to leave you.

Like forest song at the day's end
Reaches the imprisoned singer,
And remembering again the joys,
Of these long-forgotten songs,

So your sound from the floods of the sea
reach into my gilded room,
Awakens never-known passions,
Awakens a thousand yearning wishes.

O take in your wavering house
The much-adorned female servant,
Not afraid of the roaring storm,
She entrusts herself to your ship's run.

May rank and wealth dwindle,
I shall flee them without pain,
I give myself to the winds,
To the heart that is so warm of love.

And your golden crown?
She pressed hard on my head
What can I offer you as a reward, my fair lady?
You give what you robbed:

A heart, full of love and loyalty,
A heart, full of love to the death!
Then remorse will never hit me
Even if I encounter fear and hardship!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 by Jeffrey Williams, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Marianne Marschner (1804 - 1854)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2021-02-15
Line count: 40
Word count: 242

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