Submissions by Ismail, Ahmed E. ( 187 items: 130 texts and 57 translations )

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Translations of entire song cycles (alphabetic order):

• Das klagende Lied: The doleful song
• Ein deutsches Requiem: A German Requiem
• Histoires naturelles: Natural histories
• Колокола (Kolokola): Bells small and great
• Les Illuminations: Visions
• Shéhérazade: Sheherezade

Texts and Translations

• Blessed are they that mourn [translation of: Selig sind, die da Leid tragen | Selig sind, die da Leid tragen]
• For all flesh is as grass [translation of: Denn alles Fleisch ist wie Gras | Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras]
• Lord, teach me [translation of: Herr, lehre doch mich]
• How lovely are thy dwelling places, O Lord of Hosts! [translation of: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen | Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!]
• You now have sorrow [translation of: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit | Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit]
• For we have here no continuing city [translation of: Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt | Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt]
• Blessed are the dead [translation of: Selig sind die Toten | Selig sind die Toten]
• The righteous souls are in God's hand [translation of: Der Gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand]
• Once I pass'd through a populous city; title: "Idyll"
• Слышишь, сани мчатся в ряд
• Слышишь к свадьбе зов святой
• Слышишь, воющий набат
• Похоронный слышен звон
• Listen! Sleds rushing past in a row [translation of: Слышишь, сани мчатся в ряд]
• Listen to the golden wedding bell's holy call [translation of: Слышишь к свадьбе зов святой]
• Hear the howling warning bell [translation of: Слышишь, воющий набат]
• Hear the funeral bell ring [translation of: Похоронный слышен звон]
• If the child naps; title: "Cradle song after an old air" [translation of: Dormeuse | Si l'enfant sommeille]
• Tenderly intertwined, my dearly beloved [translation of: Tendrement enlacés, ma chère bien-aimée]
• Why do I see the perfumed rose pale? [translation of: Pourquoi vois-je pâlir la rose parfumée?]
• Since no ray from your beloved eyes [translation of: Depuis que nul rayon de tes yeux bien-aimés]
• Till of a sudden
• Blow! blow! blow!
• Yes, when the stars glisten'd
• Soothe! soothe! soothe!
• It's Lindor! It's Tircis! and all our vanquishers!; title: "Pavane" [translation of: Pavane | C'est Lindor! c'est Tircis ! et c'est tous nos vainqueurs !]
• Come fathers and mothers; title: "Zion's walls"
• Among those who died from love; title: "Among those who died from love" [translation of: Ceux qui, parmi les morts d'amour]
• Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!; title: "Prologue"
• Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this wise: when as his mother; title: "Narration (1)"
• It was the Winter wild
• And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from; title: "Narration (2)"
• The blessed son of God only; title: "Choral: Kyrieleison"
• And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field; title: "Narration (3)"
• And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God
• The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?
• But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her own heart
• Sweet was the song the Virgin sang; title: "Lullaby"
• Bright portals of the sky
• Now when Jesus was born, behold there came wise men from the east; title: "Narration (6)"
• No sad thought his soul affright
• Ring out, ye crystal spheres
• Hebt zu der ewigen
• Du fond de l'abîme je t'invoque; title: "Psaume 130: Du fond de l'abîme"
• From the depths of the abyss I cry; title: "From the depths of the abyss (Psalm 130)" [translation of: Psaume 130: Du fond de l'abîme | Du fond de l'abîme je t'invoque]
• Word equal to the Most High [translation of: Cantique de Jean Racine | Verbe égal au Très-Haut]
• There once was a haughty queen; title: "Forest Legend" [translation of: Waldmärchen | Es war eine stolze Königin]
• From the high cliffs a castle gleams; title: "Wedding piece" [translation of: Hochzeitsstück | Vom hohen Felsen erglänzt das Schloß]
• By the willow tree, among cool firs; title: "The minstrel" [translation of: Der Spielmann | Beim Weidenbaum, im kühlen Tann]
• O joys! Infinite sweetness! with what flowers
• Synku miły i wybrany; title: "Lento, sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile"
• Mamo, nie płacz, nie; title: "Lento e largo, tranquillissimo"
• Kajze mi sie podzioł; title: "Lento, cantabile semplice"
• Selig sind, die da Leid tragen; title: "Selig sind, die da Leid tragen"
• Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras; title: "Denn alles Fleisch ist wie Gras"
• Herr, lehre doch mich
• Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!; title: "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen"
• Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit; title: "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit"
• Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt; title: "Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt"
• Selig sind die Toten
• Go, for they call you, Shepherd, from the hill; title: "An Oxford Elegy"
• Come, holy Spirite, most blessed Lorde; title: "Whitsunday Hymn"
• The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land
• We looked for peace, but no good came
• O man, greatly beloved, fear not
• The glory of this latter house
• Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation
• There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream
• Lord, thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another
• Life may change, but it may fly not
• Love, from its awful throne of patient power
• To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite
• O Spirit vast and deep as Night and Heaven!
• The world's great age begins anew
• Nothing bit this evening; title: "The kingfisher" [translation of: Le martin-pêcheur | Ça n'a pas mordu, ce soir]
• It is my beloved hunchback; title: "The guinea-fowl" [translation of: La Pintade | C'est la bossue de ma cour]
• It is the hour when, bored with wandering; title: "The cricket" [translation of: Le grillon | C'est l'heure où, las d'errer]
• He surely will be getting married today; title: "The peacock" [translation of: Le paon | Il va sûrement se marier aujourd'hui]
• Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia
• Viri Galilaei; title: "Viri Galilaei"
• He glides upon the basin, like a white sleigh; title: "The swan" [translation of: Le cygne | Il glisse sur le bassin, comme un traîneau blanc]
• Asia, Asia, Asia; title: "Asia" [translation of: Asie | Asie, Asie, Asie]
• The shade is sweet and my master sleeps; title: "The enchanted flute" [translation of: La flûte enchantée | L'ombre est douce et mon maître dort]
• Your eyes are soft, like those of a girl; title: "The indifferent one" [translation of: L'Indifférent | Tes yeux sont doux comme ceux d'une fille]
• Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft und das Reich; title: "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft"
• Sanft, wie du lebtest; title: "Elegischer Gesang"
• Gently, as you lived [translation of: Elegischer Gesang | Sanft, wie du lebtest]
• Timor et tremor venerunt super me; title: "Timor et tremor"
• Fear and terror have settled upon me; title: "Fear and terror" [translation of: Timor et tremor | Timor et tremor venerunt super me]
• Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi; title: "Vinea mea electa"
• O vineyard, my chosen one! I planted you; title: "O vineyard, my chosen one!" [translation of: Vinea mea electa | Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi]
• Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei
• Shadows covered the earth, when the Jews crucified Jesus; title: "Shadows covered the earth" [translation of: Tenebrae factae sunt | Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei]
• Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem
• Sad is my soul unto death; title: "Sad is my soul unto death" [translation of: Tristis est anima mea | Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem]
• Thus spake Isaiah; title: "Belshazzar's Feast"
• C'est Lindor! c'est Tircis ! et c'est tous nos vainqueurs !; title: "Pavane"
• A song of the setting sun!
• Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad
• Pale amber sunlight falls across
• Exceeding sorrow
• By the sad waters of separation; title: "Exile"
• The daisy has closed its petals; title: "Open your heart" [translation of: Ouvre ton cœur | La marguerite a fermé sa corolle]
• When my mother died I was very young; title: "The chimney sweeper"
• ``Father! father! where are you going?
• When the voices of children are heard on the green
• In futurity
• All the night in woe; title: "The little girl found"
• Is this a holy thing to see
• Reading this indignant page
• Pity would be no more
• My mother bore me in the southern wild
• Come lovely and soothing death
• When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd
• O powerful western fallen star!
• In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings
• In the swamp in secluded recesses
• Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities
• Coffin that passes through lanes and streets
• (Nor for you, for one alone
• O western orb sailing the heaven
• O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved?
• O what shall I hang on the chamber walls?
• Lo, body and soul -- this land
• Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird
• To the tally of my soul
• Passing the visions, passing the night
• Now while I sat in the day, and look'd forth
• Then with the knowledge of death as walking one side of me
• I saw askant the armies
• Yet each I keep and all, retrievements out of the night
• 'Tis done-- but yesterday a King!; title: "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte"
• Sound forth celestial organs, let heaven's quite; title: "Sound forth celestial organs"
• Fair as unshaded light, or as the day; title: "Fair as unshaded light"
• Yet once again, let us our measures move; title: "Yet once again, let us our measures move"
• Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road
• Escape me?; title: "Life in a love"
• I am he that aches with amorous love
• A glimpse, through an interstice caught; title: "A glimpse"
• Wake my soul, and with the sun; title: "Hymn for Morning"
• . . . I saw a mass of matter of a dull gloomy color; title: "I saw a mass of matter of a dull gloomy color"
• O the rapes, fires, murders, and rivers of blood; title: "The Comfort of Friends (O the rapes)"
• Forth went the candid man
• A learned man came to me once
• All praise to thee, my God, this night; title: "Hymn for Evening"
• Faith lights us, even through the Grave; title: "Evidence of Things not seen"
• To-day a rude brief recitative
• On the beach at night alone
• After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds
• O vast Rondure, swimming in space
• O we can wait no longer
• Passage to more than India!
• An old man bending, I come, among new faces
• Once, Paumanok
• O ashes of my beloved, the stingy tomb; title: "Tears of the lover at the tomb of the beloved" [translation of: Sestina | Incenerite spoglie, avara tomba]
• The merry cuckoo, messenger of spring; title: "The merry cuckoo"
• Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger
• Waters above eternal springs!; title: "Waters above"
• When will my May come, that I may embrace thee?; title: "When will my May come"
• Fair and fair, and twice so fair; title: "Fair and fair"
• London, to thee I do present the merry month of May
• Fair Summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore
• Autumn hath all the Summer's fruitful treasure; title: "Movement IV. Madrigal con ritornelli"
• We are the music makers
• These are towns! This is a people for whom; title: "Towns" [translation of: Villes (Ce sont des villes !) | Villes | Ce sont des villes ! C'est un peuple pour qui se sont montés ces]
• Gracious child of Pan! Around your brow, crowned; title: "Antique" [translation of: Antique | Gracieux fils de Pan! Autour de ton front couronné]
• I hung strings from steeple to steeple; title: "Phrase" [translation of: Phrase | J'ai tendu des cordes de clocher à clocher; des]
• A beautiful morning, among a most gentle people; title: "Royalty" [translation of: Royauté | Un beau matin, chez un peuple fort doux, un homme]
• Chariots of silver and copper; title: "Marine" [translation of: Marine | Les chars d'argent et de cuivre]
• I alone hold the key to this wild parade; title: "Interlude" [translation of: Fanfare | J'ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage]
• In front of the snow stands a tall Beauteous Being; title: "Being Beauteous" [translation of: Being beauteous | Devant une neige un Être de Beauté de haute taille]
• What sturdy odd fellows. Several have exploited; title: "Parade" [translation of: Parade | Des drôles très solides. Plusieurs ont exploité]
• Enough seen. Visions have been met in every respect; title: "Departure" [translation of: Départ | Assez vu. La vision s'est rencontrée à tous les airs]
• Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear
• I shall rest upon your heart; title: "I shall rest upon your heart" [translation of: Je me poserai sur ton cœur | Je me poserai sur ton cœur]
• While they were away at war; title: "While they were away at war" [translation of: C'est la paix! | Pendant qu'ils étaient partis pour la guerre]
• I languish night and day; my pain is extreme; title: "Serenade of the Bourgeois Gentleman" [translation of: Sérénade du Bourgeois gentilhomme | Je languis nuit et jour, et ma peine est extrême]
• O Death, you old captain, it is time! Anchors away!; title: "Death" [translation of: La Mort | Ô Mort, vieux capitaine, il est temps ! levons l'ancre !]
• O Death, old captain, it's time! Raise the anchor!; title: "Death" [translation of: La Mort | Ô Mort, vieux capitaine, il est temps ! levons l'ancre !]
• Shake, good horse, your fleeing mane; title: "The gallop" [translation of: Le galop | Agite, bon cheval, ta crinière fuyante]
• If I were, o my love; title: "Serenade" [translation of: Sérénade | Si j'étais, ô mon amoureuse]
• Take my advice, dear Climene; title: "Take my advice, dear Climene" [translation of: Le Promenoir des deux amants | Crois mon conseil, chère Climène | Auprès de cette grotte sombre]
• Et Musique est une science; title: "Ode à la Musique"
• So Music is a science; title: "Ode to music" [translation of: Ode à la Musique | Et Musique est une science]
• Sing on, there in the swamp!
• Adieu, farewell earth's blisse
• O little red rose; title: "Primal light" [translation of: Urlicht | O Röschen rot]

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