Submissions by Perrin, T. P. (Peter) ( 89 items: 53 texts and 36 translations )

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Translations of entire song cycles (alphabetic order):

• Nuits blanches: Sleepless Nights

Texts and Translations

• A pine-tree standeth lonely
• The breakers swarm against the shore; title: "Sailor's parting song" [translation of: Schiffers Scheidelied | Die Wogen am Gestade schwellen]
• I am an earth-borne pilgrim; title: "Pilgrim's song" [translation of: Pilgerweise | Ich bin ein Waller auf der Erde]
• When adversity's tempest roars aloft; title: "Consolation in song" [translation of: Trost im Liede | Braust des Unglücks Sturm empor]
• Will Hector tear himself from me forever; title: "Hector's leave-taking" [translation of: Hektors Abschied | Will sich Hektor ewig von mir wenden]
• It is roaring and howling; title: "It is roaring and howling" [translation of: Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen | Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen]
• At last I hold you in an embrace [translation of: So halt' ich endlich dich umfangen | So halt' ich endlich dich umfangen]
• At the crossroads he was buried [translation of: Am Kreuzweg wird begraben | Am Kreuzweg wird begraben]
• De Glendy Burk is a mighty fast boat; title: "The Glendy Burk"
• There are voices of hope that are borne on the air; title: "Better times are coming"
• De Shanghai chicken when you put him in de pit; title: "Don't bet your money on de Shanghai"
• Once I could laugh and play; title: "Down among the cane brakes"
• I'm thinking of sweet Lena Clare; title: "Gentle Lena Clare"
• The land of my home is flitting; title: "Maggie by my side"
• Round de meadows am a ringing; title: "Massa's in de cold ground"
• Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!; title: "Nelly Bly"
• I'm nothing but a plain old soldier
• The morn of life is past; title: "Old Dog Tray"
• Dere was an old nigga dey calld him Uncle Ned; title: "Old Uncle Ned"
• De time is nebber dreary; title: "Ring, ring de banjo"
• Some folks like to sigh; title: "Some folks"
• Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay; title: "Old Black Joe"
• As you've walked through the town on a fine summer's day; title: "The song of all songs"
• I long for thee; must I long and long in vain?; title: "Thou art the queen of my song"
• The village bells are ringing; title: "The village maiden"
• Oh! ladies don't you blush; title: "Way Down in Ca-i-ro"
• When she first appeared I felt; title: "When she first appeared" [translation of: Lorsqu'elle est entrée | Lorsqu'elle est entrée, il m'a semblé]
• Endless night; title: "Endless night" [translation of: Nuit sans fin | Nuit sans fin]
• Warmth, beguiling, lured me; title: "The rose" [translation of: Die Rose | Es lockte schöne Wärme]
• On his golden throne; title: "Song's ending" [translation of: Liedesend | Auf seinem goldnen Throne]
• Remember, my beloved; title: "Remember, my beloved" [translation of: Mio ben ricordati | Mio ben, ricordati]
• See how white the moon; title: "See how white the moon" [translation of: Guarda che bianca luna | Guarda che bianca luna!]
• As soon as day begins to dawn; title: "As soon as day begins to dawn" [translation of: Schon wenn es beginnt zu tagen]
• Do you hear how the woods; title: "The imprisoned singers" [translation of: Die gefangnen Sänger | Die gefangenen Sänger | Hörst du von den Nachtigallen]
• Now heaven and earth keep silent, and the winds; title: "Sonnet 3" [translation of: Sonett XVIII | Nunmehr da Himmel, Erde schweigt und Winde]
• Deep in the earth there lies an ancient law; title: "Treasure-hunter's plea" [translation of: Schatzgräbers Begehr | In tiefster Erde ruht ein alt Gesetz]
• How different, Gretchen, it once was [translation of: Scene im Dom (Gretchen, Böser Geist) | Wie anders, Gretchen, war dir's]
• La la la ly ah! La la la y ô!; title: "Sertaneja"
• Tra li la rá ra tra ri la; title: "A Menina e a Cançao"
• Will transformation. O, be keen for the fires [translation of: Wolle, die Wandlung | Wolle die Wandlung. O sei für die Flamme begeistert]
• But you, immortal, your music forever speaking [translation of: Du aber, Göttlicher | Du aber, Göttlicher, du, bis zuletzt noch Ertöner]
• The dory creaks, cypresses whisper; title: "Journey to Hades" [translation of: Fahrt zum Hades | Der Nachen dröhnt, Cypressen flüstern]
• You make me alone. Only you can I recast; title: "You make me alone" [translation of: Du machst mich allein | Du machst mich allein. Dich einzig kann ich vertauschen]
• And the Cretan girls began on light feet, harmoniously [translation of: E le Cretesi con armonia sui piedi leggeri cominciarono]
• For a long time I have talked with Aphrodite in dreams; title: "For a long time" [translation of: Io lungamente | Io lungamente ho parlato in sogno con Afrodite]
• The moon shone at the full; title: "The moon shone at the full" [translation of: Piena splendeva la luna]
• Tender Adonis is dying, O Cytherea; title: "Tender Adonis is dying" [translation of: Muore il tenero Adone | Muore il tenero Adone, o Citerea]
• O my Gongola, I beg you; title: "O my Gongola" [translation of: O mia Gongila | O mia Gongila, ti prego]
• Evening, you bring back all; title: "Evening" [translation of: Vespro, tutto riporti | Vespro, tutto riporti]
• The earth is so fair and the heavens so blue
• For many thousand ages
• The Lotus-flower doth languish
• The violets blue of the eyes divine
• Say, where is the maiden sweet
• My darling, we sat together
• I gazed upon her picture
• In the Rhine, in the beautiful River
• I should like to dance
• High to the altar of sacrifice
• Open your arms to me
• There is no greater pleasure; title: "There is no greater pleasure" [translation of: Nessun maggior piacere | Nessun maggior piacere]
• O is it death or life that sounds; title: "Requies"
• The wind is rising on the sea; title: "Before the squall"
• Night, a grey sky, a ghostly sea; title: "On the beach"
• Into the streets May First!; title: "Into the streets May First"
• Come here, little son, and I will; title: "Toys"
• The owl is abroad, the bat and the toad
• Cloud-puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows / flaunt forth, then chevy on an air; title: "That Nature Is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the Resurrection"
• Earnest, earthless, equal, attuneable, ' vaulty, voluminous, … stupendous; title: "Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves"
• O'er the Hills far away, at the Birth of the Morn; title: "O'er the Hills far away"
• See, down Maria's blushing cheek; title: "See, down Maria's blushing cheek"
• Beneath a weeping willow's shade; title: "Beneath a weeping willow's shade"
• My Love is gone to Sea; title: "My Love is gone to Sea"
• Enraptur'd I gaze when my Delia is by; title: "Enraptur'd I gaze"
• Give me thy heart as I give mine; title: "Give me thy heart"
• In the town of Braddock, Pennsylvania; title: "The Strange Funeral in Braddock"
• Summer ended, harvest o'er; title: "Song for Harvest Season"
• Who wrote this fiendish "Rite of Spring"?
• The hour of ruin is begun; title: "Sunset"
• Anchor your flight, o winging birds; title: "Rest"
• A sharp, where you'd expect a natural
• Hark! from the pit a fearsome sound
• The man who rightly acts without coercion; title: "Fragment from Aeschylus" [translation of: Fragment aus dem Aischylos | So wird der Mann, der sonder Zwang]
• Passion throngs all lanes and byways; title: "Passion throngs all lanes and byways" [translation of: Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen | Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen]
• Which way, O Helios? To sink my fire; title: "Free fall" [translation of: Freywilliges Versinken | Wohin, o Helios? in Fluthen]
• Dirgelike hunting calls are sounding; title: "Solace" [translation of: Trost | Hörnerklänge rufen klagend]
• A feast we'll hold, immortal sons and daughters,"; title: "Urania's Flight" [translation of: Uraniens Flucht | Laßt uns, ihr Himmlischen, ein Fest begehen!]
• The woods exhort, the stream calls clear; title: "Lullaby" [translation of: Schlaflied | Es mahnt der Wald, es ruft der Strom]
• He shakes the hook, he jerks the lure; title: "How Ulfru fishes" [translation of: Wie Ulfru fischt | Der Angel zuckt, die Ruthe bebt]

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