German Romantic Poets

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS
 
GOTTFRIED AUGUST BÜRGER (1747-1794)
    Excerpt from: William and Helen / Lenore (Tr. Walter Scott)                         
 
JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE (1749-1832)
     May Song / Mailied (Tr. John Whaley)                                                         
     Welcome and Farewell / Willkommen und Abschied (Tr. Christopher Middleton)       
     Rosebud in the Heather / Heidenröslein (Tr. John Frederick Nims)                 
     Prometheus / Prometheus (Tr. Michael Hamburger)                                       
     Ganymede / Ganymed (Tr. David Luke)                                                       
     My Peace is Gone / Meine Ruh ist hin, from Faust (Tr. John R. Williams)      
     The Elf King / Erlkönig (Tr. David Luke)                                                     
     Wanderer’s Night Song / Wandrers Nachtlied (Tr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
     Another Night Song / Ein Gleiches (Tr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)          
     Mignon / Kennst du das Land (Tr. John Frederick Nims)                               
     Immense Astonishment / Mächtiges Überraschen (Tr. Christopher Middleton)
     Ecstatic Longing / Selige Sehnsucht (Tr. David Luke)                                   
 
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER (1759-1805)
     The Ideal and Life / Das Ideal und das Leben (Tr. Richard Winston)              
     Evening / Der Abend (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                                       
     The Visit of the Gods / Dithyrambe (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, after Schiller) 
     The Maiden’s Plaint / Des Mädchens Klage (Tr. James Clarence Mangan)      
     Nenia / Nänie (Tr. Alexander Gode)                                                             
     Mountain Song / Berglied (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                                

AUGUST WILHELM SCHLEGEL (1767-1845)
     The Sonnet / Das Sonett (Tr. Roger Paulin)                                                   
      Evening Song for the Distant Beloved / Abendlied für die Entfernte (Tr. Richaed Wigmore)
 
 
FRIEDRICH HÖLDERLIN (1770-1843)
     In the Morning / Des Morgens (Tr. Michael Hamburger)                               
     Bread and Wine (extract) / Brod und Wein  (Tr. Michael Hamburger)             
     Ganymede / Ganymed (Tr. David Constantine)                                             
     The Half of Life / Hälfte des Lebens (Tr. Christopher Middleton)                   
     Remembrance / Andenken (Tr. Christopher Middleton)                                 
     The Ister / Der Ister (Tr. David Constantine)                                                 
 
SOPHIE MEREAU (1770-1806)
     Spring / Frühling (Tr. Walter Arndt)                                                             
     To a Trellised Tree / An einen Baum am Spalier (Tr. Walter Arndt)                
 
FRIEDRICH VON HARDENBERG (‘NOVALIS’, 1772-1801)
   Sacred Songs / Geistliche Lieder
            X    There Come Such Troubled Hours / Es gibt so bange Zeiten                
                                                (Tr. Eilieen Hutchins) 
            XV  Maria / Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern (Tr. J.W. Thomas)              
     Hymns to Night / Hymnen an die Nacht (Tr. Robert M. Browning)
            II                                                                                                         
            VI  Longing for Death / Sehnsucht nach dem Tode                                                         
     The Hermit’s Song / Gern verweil ich noch im Tale, from Heinrich von Ofterdingen
(Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                                                                                                                                                                
 
FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL (1772-1829)
     The Boatman / Der Schiffer (Tr. Richard Wigmore)                                        
     Sunset / Tiefer sinket schon die Sonne (Tr. Richard Wigmore)                       
 
LUDWIG TIECK (1773-1853)
     Sweet Darling, Rest in the Shade / Ruhe, Süßliebchen, im Schatten                
            (Tr. Siegbert Prawer)
    Wonder of Love / Wunder der Liebe (Tr. Roger Paulin)                                                         
    Love / Liebe (Tr. Herman Salinger)                                                               
 
CLEMENS BRENTANO (1778-1842)
     Slumber Song / Wiegenlied (Tr. Anne Jennings)                                           
     Evening Serenade / Abendständchen (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                
     Lore Lay / Lore Lay (Tr. Mabel Cotterell)                                                     
     The Spinstress’ Song / Der Spinnerin Lied (Tr. Alexander Gode)                   
     The Forest / O kühler Wald’ (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                            
     Lord! Within Thy Peace I Rest Me / Herr! Ich steh in deinem Frieden            
            (Tr. Mabel Cotterell)
     Holy night, holy night! / Heli’ge Nacht, heil’ge Nacht! (Tr. David B. Dickens)
     Echoes of Beethoven’s Music / Nachklänge Beethovenscher Musik               
(Tr. G.C. Schoolfield)
 
 
KAROLINE VON GÜNDERRODE (1780-1806)
     The Kiss in the Dream / Der Kuss im Traume (Tr. Michael Ferber)                 
     Dedication / Zueignung (Tr. Charlotte Lee)
     The Prime Lament / Die eine Klage (Tr. Walter Arndt)                                  
     Bright Red / Hochroth (Tr. Michael Ferber)                                                   
     The Balloonist / Der Luftschiffer (Tr. Michael Ferber)                                   
 
ADALBERT VON CHAMISSO (1781-1838)
     The Solider / Der Soldat (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase)                                   
     Lord Byron’s Last Love / Lord Byrons letzte Liebe (Tr. Michael Ferber)        
 
JUSTINUS KERNER (1786-1862)
     Oppressive Dream / Der schwere Traum (Ikaros) (Tr. John Fitzell)                 
     The Saw-Mill / Der Wandrer in der Sägemühle (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase) 
 
 
LUDWIG UHLAND (1787-1862)
     The Chapel / Die Kapelle (Tr. Charles R. Lambert)                                       
     The Dream / Der Traum (Tr. Charles R. Lambert)                                         
     The Smith / Der Schmied (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                                 
     Spring Faith / Frühlingsglaube (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                         
     The Gossamer / Der Sommerfaden (Tr. Charles R. Lambert)                          
     On the Death of a Child / Auf den Tod eines Kindes (Tr. Oliver Brown)         
 
 
JOSEPH FREIHERR VON EICHENDORFF (1788-1857)
     The Broken Ring / Das zerbrochene Ringlein (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                    
     Dialogue in the Forest / Waldgespräch (Tr. Gerd Gillhoff)                             
     The Joyful Traveller / Der frohe Wandersmann (Tr. Stewart H. Benedict)       
     Prague Students’ Song / Wanderlied der Prager Studenten                               
(Tr. James Edward Tobin)
     Evening / Abend (Tr. Edwin Morgan)                                                             
     Nocturne / Nachts (Tr. Herman Salinger)                                                       
     On the Death of my Child / Auf meines Kindes Tod (Tr. Edward Dvoretzky)    
     Night / Die Nachtblume (Tr. Isabel S. MacInnes)                                          
     Longing / Sehnsucht (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase)                                                         
     Night of Moon / Mondnacht (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase)                             
     The Hermit / Der Einsiedler (Tr. Meno Spann)                                              
     Wishing Wand / Wünschelrute (Tr. Alison Turner)                                        
     Death Wish / Todeslust (Tr. Robert M. Browning)                                        
 
     Memento mori / Memento mori! (Tr. Robert M. Browning)                           
     The Poet Walks Abroad / Wanderlied (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase)               
     Old Age / Das Alter (Tr. Vernon Watkins)                                                    
    
 
FRIEDRICH RÜCKERT (1788-1866)
 
     My Soul, My Heart / Du meine Seele (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                               
     O Stop with me / Du bist die Ruh (Tr. J.W. Thomas)                                     
     [Now the sun prepares to rise as brightly] / [Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n]  8 lines
            (Tr. Siegbert Prawer)
     Closing Song / Schlusslied (Tr. Charlotte Lee)
 
WILHELM MÜLLER (1794-1827)
     The Journeyman’s Song / Wanderschaft (Tr. Francis Owen)                          
     The Linden Tree / Der Lindenbaum (Tr. John Fitzell)                                    
 
AUGUST GRAF VON PLATEN-HALLERMÜNDE (1797-1848)
    Truest of Sages Are You to Me / Du bist der wahre Weise mir                        
            (Tr. Edwin Morgan)
         Fain Would I Live in Safest Freedom / Ich möchte gern mich frei bewahren
            (Tr. Edwin Morgan)
     Venetian Sonnets / Sonette aus Venedig (Tr. Edwin Morgan) 
            II                                                                                                         
            VIII                                                                                                     
 
ANNETTE VON DROSTE-HÜLSHOFF (1797-1848)
    The Pond / Der Weiher (Tr. Herman Salinger)                                               
     The House in the Heath / Das Haus in der Heide (Tr. James Edward Tobin)    
     In the Grass / Im Grase (Tr. Jane K. Brown)                                                  
     Moonrise / Mondesaufgang (Tr. Herman Salinger)                                        


HEINRICH HEINE (1797-1856)
 
     [In May, the magic month of May] / [Im wunderschönen Monat Mai]             
            (Tr. Hal Draper)                                                                                   
     [On wings of song] / [Auf Flügeln des Gesanges] (Tr. Hal Draper)                             
     [The lotus flower] / [Die Lotosblume ängstigt] (Tr. Hal Draper)                                 
     [A Youth Once Loved] / [Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen]                             
            (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase)
     [They talked of love and devotion] / [Sie saßen und tranken am Teetisch]       
            (Tr. Hal Draper)                                               
     Lorelei / [Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase)   
     [The night is still, the streets are dumb] / [Still ist die Nacht, es ruhen die Gassen]  
            (Tr. Hal Draper)           
    [I called the devil and he came] / [Ich rief den Teufel, und er kam]                  
            (Tr. Hal Draper)                                   
     [Ah, those eyes] / [Ach die Augen sind es wieder] (Tr. Hal Draper)                                        
     Sea Apparation / Seegespenst (Tr. Hal Draper)                      
     Memorial Day / Gedächtnisfeier (Tr. Max Knight)                                        
     The Silesian Weavers / Die schlesischen Weber (Tr. T.J. Reed)                      
     Babylonian Sorrows / Babylonische Sorgen (Tr. Herman Salinger)                 
 
NIKOLAUS LENAU (1802-1850)
     The Oak Grove / Der Eichwald (Tr. Dwight Durling)                                    
    [The evening wind in the treetops] / [Der Nachtwind hat in den Bäumen]        
            (Tr. Robert M. Browning)
     Plea / Bitte (Tr. George C. Schoolfield)                                                         
    

EDUARD MÖRIKE (1804-1875)
     In Spring / Im Frühling (Tr. Vernon Watkins)                                               
     To an Aeolian Harp / An eine Äolsharfe (Tr. Christopher Middleton)             
     The Beautiful Beech Tree / Die schöne Buche (Tr. Christopher Middleton)     
     On a Lamp / Auf eine Lampe (Tr. Christopher Middleton)                             
     Reflect, my soul / Denk’ es, o Seele (Tr. Roger Paulin)                                  
     Um Mitternacht / At Midnight (Tr. Joseph B. Dallett)                                    
     To a Christmas-Rose / Auf eine Christblume (Tr. Geoffrey Herbert Chase)     
     Prayer / Gebet (Tr. Chrisopher Middleton)                                                    
 
 
 
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1888)
    So let us die / So stürben wir                                                                                     
(Tr. Andrew Porter – excerpts from Tristan and Isolde)