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AIST, Dietmar von - 1137?-1171? tr. Leonard Cottrell

Slâfst du, friedel ziere? ... (1)

Did you fall asleep, my sweet? ...
tr. Ernest A.Seemann

Slâfst du, friedel ziere? ... (2)

Art thou, dearest, yet a-sleeping? ...

ANON - 12. century tr. Brian Cole

Komme, komm!

Come, come!

Mein

Mine
from "Eve Blossom has wheels", Libris - tr. Keith Bosley

Floret silva undique

Floret silva undique

KÜRENBERG, Der von - 12c. tr. Brian Cole

Ich zôch mir einen valken

I trained myself a falcon ...
tr. Leonard Cottrell

Ich zôch mir einen valken ...

I trained myself a falcon ...

Ich stuont mir nehtint spâte ...

Standing on the castle wall last night ...

Der tunkel sterne

The morning star slips under cover ...
tr. Raymond Oliver

Jô stuont ich nehtint spâte vor dînem bette ...

Although I stood last night at your bedside late ...

AUE, Hartmann von - 1150?-1210? tr. Leonard Cottrell

Manger grüezet mich alsô ...

Why the common women are better
tr. Sheenagh Pugh

Kreuzlied

Crusade song

Kaiser HEINRICH VI - 1165-1197 tr. Leonard Cottrell

Rîtest du nu hinnen ...

Now fare you well and ride ...

MORUNGEN, Heinrich von - d.1222 tr. Leonard Cottrell

Owê, sol aber mir ...

I'd gaze forever if I might ...

ESCHENBACH, Wolfram von - 12.-13.c. tr. Peter H. Cole

aus "Parzival" - ll.1-14

from "Parsifal" - (1)

aus "Parzival" - ll.1-14

from "Parsifal" - (2)

aus "Parzival" - ll.1-14

from "Parsifal" - (3)
from "Parzival", Penguin Books - prose tr. A.T.Hatto

aus "Parzival"

from "Parsifal"

VON DER VOGELWEIDE, Walther - 1170?-1230
VIRTUAL BOOK 39tr. Tim Chilcott
Selected Poetry
tr. Leonard Cottrell

In einem zwivellichen wan ...

I thought I'd served her long enough ...
tr. Raymond Oliver

Under der linden ...(1)

Under the lime tree ...
from "Eve Blossom has wheels", Libris - tr. Keith Bosley

Unter der Linde (2)

Under the lime tree


ANON. - 16c.? tr. Bertram Kottmann

Nun hört, ihr Herrn, ein neus Gedicht ...

Now listen, gentlemen, to a new poem ...


OPITZ, Martin - 1597-1639 tr. Michael Haldane

Ich wil diß halbe mich ...

I will this half of me ...

Laß uns eilen

Make haste



PLAVIUS, Johannes - 1600-? tr. Michael Haldane

Bedencke deine lebens gefahr

Consider Your Life’s Peril


LOGAU, Friedrich von - 1604-55 tr. Brian Cole

Der Mai

May
tr. Ernest A.Seemann

"Epigrams & Aphorisms"


DACH, Simon - 1605-59tr. Sheenagh Pugh

Leidender Christus

Suffering Christ

Lied der Freundschaft

Song of friendship

FLEMING, Paul - 1609-40
tr. Peter Dean

Es ist umsonst

In vain all the lamenting
tr. Michael Haldane

Auf den Tod eines Kindes

On the death of a child

An die Nacht, als er bei ihr wachete

To Night, waking by her

Bey einer Leichen

By a corpse
tr. Eudo Mason

Auf eine Hochzeit

On a Wedding
tr. Sheenagh Pugh

Auf ihre Gesundheit

For her sake

Für eine Jungfrau

For a young lady

Auf das Gedächtnis seiner ersten Freundin

On remembering his first girlfriend

GRYPHIUS, Andreas - 1616-64
tr. Peter Dean

Drei kurze Gedichte

Three short poems
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 10

Selected Poems

tr. Michael Haldane

An Faustinen. In schwerer Krankheit.

To Faustine. In heavy sickness.

Auff die letzte Nacht seines XXV. Jahrs ...

On the Last Night of his 25th Year ...
tr. Alan Marshfield

Grabschrift Marianae Gryphiae ...

Epitaph for Mariana ...
tr. Christopher Mulrooney

Es ist alles eitel ...

The vanity of the world
tr. Sheenagh Pugh

Mittag

Midday

Abend (1)

Evening
from "The Penguin Book of German Verse", Penguin Books
- prose tr. Leonard Forster

Abend (2)

Evening

HOFMANNSWALDAU, Christian Hofmann von - 1618-79
tr. Brian Cole

Vergänglichkeit der Schönheit - (1)

Beauty does not last
tr. Peter Dean

Arie

Song

Vergänglichkeit der Schönheit - (2)

Beauty's brief moment

Verliebte Arie

Love song
tr. Michael Haldane

Vergänglichkeit der Schönheit - (3)

Transitory beauty
tr. Sheenagh Pugh

An Floriden

To Fleur

GRIMMELSHAUSEN, Johann Jakob Christoffel von - 1621-76
tr. Mike Mitchell

Komm Trost der Nacht ...

Come, voice of night ...

STIELER, Kaspar - 1632-1707
tr. Timothy Adès

Es pfleget ein Poet auch oft mit Sinnebildern ...

A poet often makes enlightened use ...

GRYPHIUS, Christian - 1640-1706
tr. Brian Cole

Ungereimtes Sonnett

Unrhymed Sonnet

BESSER, Johann von - 1654-1729
tr. Ernest A.Seemann

Adam

Adam



HAGEDORN, Friedrich von - 1708-54
tr. Walter A.Aue

Der Wettstreit

The Competition

Susanna im Bade

Susanna in the Bath
tr. Bertram Kottmann

Die Alte

The old woman



GLEIM, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig - 1719-1803
tr. Brian Cole

An Leukon

To Leucon

KLOPSTOCK, Friedrich Gottlieb - 1724-1803
tr. Thomas Carlyle & R. Dillon Boylan

Das Rosenband (1)

In the shadows of springtime I found her ...
tr. Brian Cole

Das Rosenband (2)

The chain of roses

aus der "Frühlingsfeier"

from the "Celebration of Spring"

Die deutsche Sprache

The German language

Die frühen Gräber (1)

Graves of those who died young

Die frühen Gräber (2)

Graves of those who died young

Edone

Oedone
tr. Edward MacDowell

Das Rosenband (3)

In springtime's shadows I found her ...

LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim - 1729-81
tr. Brian Cole

Der Tabak

Tobacco

Das Muster der Ehe

The Ideal Marriage

Lied aus dem Spanischen

Song from the Spanish

Der Adler und die Eule

The Eagle and the Owl

Die Versteinerung

Petrification
tr. Brian Cole & Peter H.Cole

Die drei Ringe

The three rings
tr. William Taylor of Norwich

Nathan der Weise - III.1 (1)

Nathan the Wise - III.1 (1)
from "From Now to Then", Menard Press - tr. W.D.Jackson

Nathan der Weise - III.5/6

Nathan the Wise - III.5/6
from "Two Jewish Plays", Oberon Books - tr. Noel Clark
Nathan der Weise - I.1Nathan the Wise - I.1

Nathan der Weise - III.1 (2)

Nathan the Wise - III.1 (2)
Nathan der Weise - V.1Nathan the Wise - V.1

PFEFFEL, Gottlieb Konrad - 1736-1809
tr. Walter A.Aue

Der Frühling und der Herbst

Spring and Autumn

CLAUDIUS, Matthias - 1740-1815
tr. Walter A.Aue

Abendlied - (1)

Evening Song
tr. Brian Cole

Der Tod und das Mädchen

Death and the Maiden

Der Frühling

Spring
tr. Bertram Kottmann

Christiane

Christiane

Abendlied - (2)

Evening Song

FÜSSLI, Heinrich - 1741-1825
tr. Eudo Mason

An Nannas Lieblingsreh

To Nana's Pet Fawn

Nannas Auge

To Nana's Eye

BÜRGER, Gottfried August - 1747-1794
tr. Bertram Kottmann

Gegenliebe

Love Given, Love Returned

HÖLTY, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph - 1748-76
tr. Walter A.Aue

Grabe, Spaten, grabe!

Dig! And, Spade, keep diggin'!
tr. Brian Cole

Vermächtnis

Bequest

Auf den Tod einer Nachtigall

On the death of a nightingale

Die Mainacht (1)

A night in May

Die Mainacht (2)

A May night

GOETHE, J. W. von - 1749-1832
tr. Timothy Adès

Der König in Thule (1)

The king in Thule
tr. Walter A.Aue

Wandrers Nachtlied (II) (1)

Wanderer's Nightsong II

Gretchen am Spinnrad (1)

Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel

Gretchen am Spinnrad (2)

Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel
from "Love as a Landscape Painter", FRAS Publications - tr. D.M.Black

VCB48 - Römische Elegien

Roman Elegies

VCB52 - Amor als Landschaftsmaler

Love as Landscape Gardener
tr. E.A.Bowring

Der neue Amadis (1)

The new Amadis

An Luna (1)

To Luna

An die Entfernte

To the distant One

Sizilianisches Lied

Sicilian Song

Schweizerlied

Swiss Song

Finnisches Lied

Finnish Song

Finnisches Lied

Finnish Song

Der Totentanz (1)

The dance of the dead

VB61

Poems by Goethe
from "Wilhelm Meister" tr. Thomas Carlyle

Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass ... (1)

Who never ate his bread in sorrow ...

Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt ...(1)

Who longs in solitude to live

Kennst du das Land ... (1)

Know’st thou the land ...

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt ... (1)

You never long’d and lov’d ...

Singet nicht in Trauertönen ...

Sing me not with such emotion ...

Heiss mich nicht reden, heiss mich schweigen!

O, ask me not to speak, I pray thee!

tr. John Storer Cobb

Wiederfinden

Can it be!

Es ist gut.

It is good

Bergschloss

The castle on the mountain

Der Totentanz (2)

The dance of the dead

Der Fischer

The fisherman

An Luna (2)

To Luna

Der Neue Amadis (2)

The modern Amadis
from "Venezianische Epigramme"

Virtual Chapbook 42

tr. Ken Cockburn
tr. Anna Cole

Der Erlkönig (1)

Dalek
tr. Brian Cole
VB6 - Iphigenie auf Tauris Iphigenia
VB50 - Torquato Tasso Torquato Tasso

Meine Göttin

My goddess

Nähe des Geliebten (1)

My love is near

Wandrers Nachtlied I (1)

Traveller's nightsong I

Wandrers Nachtlied II (2)

Traveller's nightsong II
tr. Nigel Cooper

Dauer im Wechsel (2)

Permanence in change

Kennst du das Land ... (2)

Know’st thou the land ...

Um Mitternacht

At midnight

Gedichte

A poem
tr. Alan Crosier

Maifest (1)

May song

Wandrers Nachtlied II (3)

Wayfarer's night song
tr. Peter Dean

Kennst du das Land ...(3)

Dear one

Gretchen am Spinnrade (3)

Gretchen at the spinning-wheel

Heidenröslein (1)

Wild rose
tr. Emily Ezust

Anakreons Grab ...(1)

Anacreon's Grave
tr. A. S. Kline

Römische Elegien - I (1)

Roman Elegies - I

Kennst du das Land ... (3)

Do you know the land ...

Venezianische Epigramme - I

Venetian Epigrams - I

April

April

Wandrers Nachtlied (I) (2)

The Traveller's Night Song (I)

Wandrers Nachtlied (II) (4)

The Traveller's Night Song (II)

Der Erlkönig (3)

The ErlKing
from "Faust - Part One"

Habe nun, ach, Philosophie ... (1)

Ah! Now I’ve done Philosophy ...

Vom Eise befreit sind Strom und Bäche ...

Rivers and streams are freed from ice ...

Schwindet, ihr dunkeln Wölbungen droben! ...

Vanish, you shadowy Vaults above! ...
from "Faust - Part Two"

Des Lebens Pulse schlagen frisch lebendig ...

Life’s pulses beating now, with new existence ...

Das bist Du, Herr! weil jedes Element ... (1)

You are, Sire! Since every element ...

Dunstige Fackeln, Lampen, Lichter ... (1)

Smoking torches, flares and lights ...


VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 12tr. John Frederick Nims

"Selected Goethe"

tr. Tessa Ransford

An Schwager Kronos

To Charioteer Chronos

An vollen Buschelzweigen

On branches heavy-laden

Das Göttliche

The Divine

Natur und Kunst (1)

Nature and Art

Prometheus (1)

Prometheus
from "Wilhelm Meister"

Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass ... (2)

The Harpist - 1

Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt ... (2)

The Harpist - 2
from "Faust - Part One"tr. Anna Swanwick

Habe nun, ach, Philosophie ... (1)

I have, alas! Philosophy ...

Vom Eise befreit sind Strom und Bäche ...

Loosed from their fetters are streams and rills ...
tr. Anthony Vivis

Prometheus (2)

Prometheus

Natur und Kunst (2)

Nature and Art
from "100 Plus or Minus", Abraxas Press - tr. Alan Marshfield

Nähe des Geliebten (2)

Closeness of the beloved (2)
from "Eve Blossom has wheels", Libris - tr. Keith Bosley

Willkommen und Abschied (2)

Welcome and parting
from "Selected Poetry", Libris - tr. David Luke

Rastlose Liebe (2)

Restless love

Selige Sehnsucht

Ecstatic longing

Geheimes

The secret
from "Roman Elegies & The Diary", Libris - tr. David Luke

Römische Elegien - I (2)

Roman Elegies - I (trad.numbering)

Römische Elegien - III

Roman Elegies - III (trad.numbering)

Das Tagebuch - VI-VIII

The Diary - VI-VIII
from "Faust", W.W.Norton & Co. Inc. - tr. Walter Arndt

Habe nun, ach, Philosophie ... (2)

I have pursued, alas, philosophy ...

Dunstige Fackeln, Lampen, Lichter ... (2)

Smouldering torches, candles, lanterns ...
from "Faust - Part One", Penguin Classics - tr. Philip Wayne

In die Traum und Zaubersphäre ... (1)

Now we wend our way, it seems, ...
from "Faust - Part Two", Penguin Classics - tr. Philip Wayne

Das bist Du, Herr! weil jedes Element ... (2)

This, Sire, was true. For elemental things...

Sie schleicht heran, an abertausend Enden ... (1)

So in a thousand channels creeps the sea, ...
from "Faust", Oberon Books - tr. Robert David MacDonald

Habe nun, ach, Philosophie ...(3)

Here I am then. Philosophy ...

Dunstige Fackeln, Lampen, Lichter ...(3)

Through the rout and riot weaving ...

Sie schleicht heran, an abertausend Enden ...(2)

...and in through a thousand channels creeps the sea ...
from "Faust - An American translation of Part I", New Directions Publ. Corp. - tr. C.F.MacIntyre

Habe nun, ach, Philosophie ...(4)

Now I have studied philosophy ...

Mir widersteht das tolle Zauberwesen!

This crazy sorcery disgusts me.

In die Traum und Zaubersphäre ... (2)

In the dream-and-magic-spheres ...
from "Selected Poems", J.M.Dent - tr. John Whaley

Maifest (2)

May Song

An den Mond

To the moon

Kurz und Gut

Enough
from "The Penguin Book of Lieder", Penguin Books
- prose tr. S.S.Prawer

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt ... (2)

Only he who knows linging ...
from "Selected Verse", Penguin Classics - prose tr. David Luke

Heidenröslein (2)

Rose on the heath

aus dem "Zauberlehrling"

from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

Dem aufgehenden Vollmonde

To the rising full moon
from "Tasso", Oberon Books - tr. Robert David MacDonald

from "Tasso" - I.3

from "Tasso" - Act I

from "Tasso" - III.4

from "Tasso" - Act III

from "Tasso" - V.1

from "Tasso" - Act V

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus - 1756-91 tr. Walter A.Aue

Kleiner Rat

A Bit of Advice

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (et al.) tr. Leonard Cottrell

Die Zauberflöte - Sarastro: 2.Aria

The Magic Flute - Sarastro: 2nd.Aria

SCHILLER, Friedrich von - 1759-1805
tr. Anon

Der Handschuh

The glove

Der Ring des Polykrates

The ring of Polycrates
tr. Edgar A.Bowring

Eine Leichenphantasie

A funeral phantasy

Phantasie an Laura

Phantasy - to Laura

Die Entzückung an Laura

Rapture - to Laura

Das Geheimnis

The Secret
tr. Brian Cole

Der Abend

Evening

Hoffnung

Hope

Nänie

Nenia

from "Maria Stuart" - I.7 (1)

from "Mary Stuart" - I.7

from "Maria Stuart" - IV.10

from "Mary Stuart" - IV.10
tr. Theodore Martin

Wilhelm Tell - III.3

William Tell - III.3
tr. Joseph Mellish

from "Maria Stuart" - I.7 (2)

from "Mary Stuart" - I.7
tr. Christopher Mulrooney

An die Freunde

To my friends all
tr. William F. Wertz, Jr.

VB51 - Wilhelm Tell

William Tell
from "Schiller: Five Plays", Oberon Books - tr. Robert David MacDonald

from "Don Carlos" - I.1

from "Don Carlos" - I.1

from "Don Carlos" - III.1

from "Don Carlos" - III.1

from "Don Carlos" - V.1

from "Don Carlos" - V.1

from "Maria Stuart" - I.1

from "Mary Stuart" - I.1

from "Maria Stuart" - III.1

from "Mary Stuart" - III.1

from "Maria Stuart" - V.1

from "Mary Stuart" - V.1

from "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" - I.1/2 (1)

from "Joan of Arc" - I.1/2

from "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" - III.1 (1)

from "Joan of Arc" - III.1

from "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" - V.1 (1)

from "Joan of Arc" - V.1
tr. Anna Swanwick

from "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" - I.1/2 (2)

from "The Maid of Orleans" - I.1/2

from "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" - III.1 (2)

from "The Maid of Orleans" - III.1

from "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" - V.1 (2)

from "The Maid of Orleans" - V.1

HEBEL, Johan Peter - 1760-1826 tr. Anna Cole

Auf den Tod eines Zechers

On the death of a drunkard

tr. Brian Cole

An Herrn Pfarrer Jäck

To Parson Jake

SALIS-SEWIS, Johann Gaudenz von - 1762-1834 tr. Walter A.Aue

Herbstlied

Autumn Song

HERROSEE, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm - 1764-1821 tr. Bertram Kottmann

Zärtliche Liebe

Words of love


SCHMIDT v. LÜBECK, Georg Philipp - 1766-1849 tr. Walter A.Aue

Der Wanderer

The Wanderer



ARNDT, Ernst Moritz - 1769-1860
tr. Brian Cole

Frage und Klage der Sehnsucht (1)

Desire in Wonder and Grief
tr. Michael Haldane

Frage und Klage der Sehnsucht (2)

Desire in Wonder and Grief



HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich - 1770-1843
tr. Walter A.Aue

Hälfte des Lebens (1)

Midlife

An die Parzen (1)

To the Fates

Menschenbeifall

Public's Applause
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK No. 56 tr. Brian Cole

Ausgewählte Gedichte

Selected poems
tr. Jim Devin & Brian Cole

Griechenland

Greece

An eine Rose

To a rose

Hymne an die Schönheit

Hymn to Beauty

Hymne an die Menschheit

Hymn to Mankind

An die Nachtigall

To the Nightingale
tr. Kathleen Jamie (into Scots)

An die Parzen (2)

Tae the Fates

Hälfte des Lebens (3)

Hauf o life
tr. Jay Macpherson

An die Parzen (3)

To the Fates

Hyperions Schicksalslied

Hyperion’s Song of Fate

Mein Eigentum (1)

My Portion

Der Abschied

The Parting
tr. Tessa Ransford

An die Hoffnung

To Hope

Die Heimat

Home

Des Morgens

Morning

Abendphantasie

Evening Phantasy

Mein Eigentum (2)

My portion

Achill

Achilles
from "Poems & Fragments", Anvil Press - tr. Michael Hamburger

Die Liebe

Love

Lebensalter

The ages of life

Der Spaziergang

The walk
from "Selected Poems", Bloodaxe Books - tr. David Constantine

Dem Sonnengott

To the Sun God

Andenken

Remembrance

Ganymed

Ganymede
from "Selected Poems & Fragments", Penguin Classics - tr. Michael Hamburger

Mein Eigentum (3)

My Possessions

Der Rhein

The Rhine

Wenn aber die Himmlischen ...

But when the heavenly ...
from "Hölderlin's Sophocles", Bloodaxe Books - tr. David Constantine

aus "Ödipus der Tyrann" II.2

from "Oedipus" II.2

aus "Antigonä" II.Chor

from "Antigone" II.Chorus

aus "Antigonä" III.3

from "Antigone" III.3

NOVALIS - 1772-1801
tr. Brian Cole

Hinüber wall ich, / Und jede Pein ...

I shall pass on / and every pain ...

Der Jüngling bist du, der seit langer Zeit ... (1)

You are the youth who for a long time now ...

Der Jüngling bist du, der seit langer Zeit ... (2)

You are the youth who for a long time there ...

KLEIST, Heinrich von - 1777-1811
tr. Brian Cole

"Penthesilea" - I.Auftritt

"Penthesilea" - Scene I
from "Plays of the year, Vol.36", Elek Books (Menard Press) - tr. Jonathan Griffin

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" I.4 (1)

from "The Prince of Homburg" I.4 (1)

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" V.3 (1)

from "The Prince of Homburg" V.3 (1)

from "The Classic Theatre Vol.II: Five German Plays" (A Doubleday Anchor Original) - tr. James Kirkup

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" I.4 (2)

from "The Prince of Homburg" I.4 (2)

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" V.3 (2)

from "The Prince of Homburg" V.3 (2)
from "The Prince of Homburg" (Oberon Books) - tr. Neil Bartlett

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" I.4 (3)

from "The Prince of Homburg" I.4 (3)

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" V.3 (3)

from "The Prince of Homburg" V.3 (3)
from "Prince Friedrich of Homburg" (New Directions Books) - tr. Diana Stone Peters & Frederick G. Peters

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" I.4 (1)

from "Prince Friedrich of Homburg" I.4 (3)

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" V.3 (4)

from "Prince Friedrich of Homburg" V.3 (3)
from "Three Plays" (Oberon Books) - tr. Noel Clark

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" I.4 (2)

from "The Prince of Homburg" I.4 (4)

aus "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg" V.3 (5)

from "The Prince of Homburg" V.3 (4)

from "Der Zerbrochene Krug" I.6

from "The Broken Pitcher" I.6

from "Das Käthchen von Heilbronn" V.12

from "Ordeal by Fire" V.12


BRENTANO, Clemens - 1778-1842
tr. Walter W.Aue

Hörst du, wie die Brunnen rauschen?

Do you hear the fountains whisper?

GÜNDERODE, Karoline von - 1780-1806
tr. Michael Haldane

Der Kuss im Traume

The kiss in dream

CHAMISSO, Adalbert von - 1781-1838
tr. Timothy Adès

Die Weiber von Weinsberg

The Women of Weinsberg
tr. Walter A.Aue

Frühling und Herbst

Spring and Fall
tr. Brian Cole

Vom Pythagoreischen Lehrsatz

On Pythagoras' theorem


UHLAND, Ludwig - 1787-1862
tr. Walter A.Aue

Schwere Träume

Heavy Dreams

Das Schloss am Meere

The Castle by the Sea
tr. Brian Cole

Auf den Tod eines Kindes

On the death of a child

Der Schmied

The smith

Die Rache

Revenge
tr. Michael Haldane

Todesgefühl

Death feeling

EICHENDORFF, Joseph von - 1788-1857
tr. Walter A.Aue

Das zerbrochene Ringlein

The mill wheel

Wünschelrute

Magic Wand - and - Divining Rod

Mondnacht

Moonlit night

Der Isegrimm

The curmudgeon
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK No. 29 tr. Joy Sarah Buchanan

Eichendorff

Selected poems
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK No. 5tr. Michael Haldane

from "Das Marmorbild" & "Das Leben eines Taugenichts"

from "The Marble Statue" & "The Life of a Good-for-nothing"

RÜCKERT, Friedrich - 1788-1866
tr. Walter W.Aue

Herbstlied

Song of Autumn

Du bist die Ruh

You are my Rest
tr. Brian Cole

Du meine Seele ...

You are my soul ...

Hast du gestern abend ...

When evening fell ...

Klage nicht ...

Don't complain ...

Leben, einst ...

Oh, life ...

Was soll ...

What name ...

Was schmiedst du, Schmied? ...

What are you forging, Smith? ...
tr. Peter Dean

Kehr' ein bei mir ... (1)

Come in to me ...
tr. Bertram Kottmann

Du meine Seele ... (2)

Dedication
from "The Penguin Book of German Verse", Penguin Books
- prose tr. Leonard Forster

Kehr' ein bei mir ... (2)

Come in ...


HEY, Johann Wilhelm - 1789-1854 tr. Francis L.Soper

Das Bienelein fliegt

The bee in flow'ry dell

Die Lämmelein hüpfen

The lambkins are skipping


RAIMUND, Ferdinand - 1790-1836 tr. Walter A.Aue

Das Hobellied

The planing song



KÖRNER, Theodor - 1791-1813 tr. Michael Haldane

Friedrichs Totenlandschaft!

Friedrichs Landscape of the Dead


BIERBAUM, Julius - 1791-1872 tr. Walter A.Aue

Im Blätterfall

In falling leaves

GRILLPARZER, Franz - 1791-1872
tr. Walter A.Aue

An eine matte Herbstfliege

To an Exhausted Fly in Autumn
tr. Brian Cole

VB30: Weh' dem, der lügt!

Liars be damned!

MÜLLER, Wilhelm - 1794-1827
tr. Walter A.Aue

Der Lindenbaum (1)

The Linden Tree

Der Wegweiser

The Signpost

Der Leiermann

The Organ-Grinder
tr. Brian & Anna Cole

Der Lindenbaum (2)

The Linden Tree
tr. Nigel Cooper

Das Wandern (1)

To wander
tr. Bertram Kottmann

Das Wandern (2)

To wander
tr. Francis L.Soper

Frühlingseinzug

To the woods away ...
from "The Penguin Book of Lieder", Penguin Books - prose tr. S.S.Prawer

Das Wandern (3)

Wandering


JEITTELES, Aloys - 1794-1858
tr. Peter Dean

An die ferne Geliebte

Introduction

Auf dem Hügel sitz’ ich, spähend ...

On the hilltop I sit staring ...

Wo die Berge so blau ...

Where the mountains all rise ...

Leichte Segler in den Höhen ...

Fluffy cloudlet on the skyline ...

Diese Wolken in den Höhen ...

Those same cloudlets high above her ...

Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au’ ...

Sweet Maytime is here, all the meadows in flower ...

Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder ...

Take then to yourself these ditties ...

PLATEN, August von - 1796-1835
tr. Brian Cole

Tristan

Tristan

HEINE, Heinrich - 1797-1856
tr. Timothy Adès

Die Engel

Angels
tr. John Brian Aspinall

Als ich, auf der Reise ...

I met the other Monday ...

Mein Kind, wir waren Kinder ...

My child, when we were children ...

Sie sassen und tranken am Teetisch ...

We sit and pass the condiments ...
tr. Walter A.Aue

Zu Ende geht der Herbst

Fall is Waning

Der Herbstwind

Autumn Wind
tr. Brian Cole

Du bist wie eine Blume

You are just like a flower

Es war ein alter König

There was an agéd king

Abenddämmerung

Twilight

In der Fremde

From abroad

Morphine

Morphine

Die Heimkehr

from "The Homecoming"

Das Herz ist mir bedrückt ...

My heart's oppressed ...
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK No. 43

Die Nordsee - Erster Cyklus

The North Sea - First Cycle
tr. Nigel Cooper

Mein Kind, wir waren Kinder ...

My child, we were two children ...

Fichtenbaum und Palme

A fir tree stands so lonely ...

Sie erlischt

Extinguished
tr. David Cram

Sie sassen and tranken am Teetisch ...

Table talk

Neben mir wohnt Don Henriquez ...

A double life

Wenn der Frühling kommt

To tell the truth
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK No. 24 tr. Peter Dean

"Dichterliebe"

tr. James H. Donalson

Wo?

Where?
from "Then and Now", Menard Press tr. W.D.Jackson

aus "Deutschland: Ein Wintermärchen" Caput II

from "Germany: A winter's tale" Caput II

Adam der Erste

Adam the First

Worte! Worte! keine Taten!

Words, words, words, and nothing doing!
from "From Now to Then", Menard Press tr. W.D.Jackson

aus "Deutschland: Ein Wintermärchen" Caput XX

from "Germany: A winter's tale" Caput XX

VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK No. 15 tr. A. S. Kline

"Selected Poems"

tr. Emma Lazarus

Die Sphinx

The Sphinx

An meine Mutter B.Heine (1)

Sonnets to my Mother, B.Heine

Donna Clara

Donna Clara

Don Ramiro

Don Ramiro

Der Tannhäuser

Tannhäuser
VIRTUAL BOOK No. 56

Die Nordsee

The North Sea
tr. Christopher Mulrooney

An meine Mutter (2)

To my mother
from "Heinrich Heine", Everyman Poetry
tr. Ann Reed

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Spring Song

tr. David Cram

Die Lorelei

The Lorelei

tr. T.J.Reed

Belsazer

Belshazzar
from "The Penguin Book of Lieder", Penguin Books - prose tr. S.S.Prawer

Ich grolle nicht ...

I bear no grudge ...

FALLERSLEBEN, Hoffmann von - 1798-1874 tr. Walter A.Aue

Abend wird es wieder

Evening is descending

SCHOBER, Franz von - 1798-1882
tr. Walter A.Aue

An die Musik (1)

To (the Art of) Music
tr. Tessa Ransford

An die Musik (2)

To Music

LENAU, Nikolaus - 1802-50 tr. Walter A.Aue

Waldlied

Forest song
tr. Brian Cole

Bitte

The plea

An die Entfernte

You are far away

Einklang

Harmony

An Sophie

To Sophie

Herbst

Autumn

Am Bette eines Kindes

At a child's bedside

Sehnsucht nach Vergessen

Longing to forget
tr. Michael Haldane

Frage

Question

Einsamkeit

Loneliness


SAUTER, Ferdinand - 1804-54
tr. Walter A.Aue

Eigene Grabinschrift

Own Epitaph


WAIBLINGER, Wilhelm - 1804-30
tr. Jim Devin & Brian Cole

An Hölderlin

To Hölderlin



MÖRIKE, Eduard - 1804-75
tr. Walter A.Aue

Das verlassene Mägdlein

The Abandoned Maid

Septembermorgen (1)

September morning

Er ist's (1)

It's him!
tr. Brian Cole

Denk es, O Seele! (1)

Think, my soul!

Verborgenheit

Seclusion
tr. Peter Dean

Septembermorgen (2)

September Morning
tr. Jim Devin & Brian Cole

Der junge Dichter

The young poet
tr. Michael Haldane

An die Geliebte

To his beloved

Septembermorgen (3)

September Morning
tr. Bertram Kottmann

Septembermorgen (4)

September Morning

Um Mitternacht (1)

At midnight

Gebet

Prayer

Zum neuen Jahr

To the New Year

Er ist's (2)

It's Spring
from "Mozart's Journey to Prague" with "Selected Poems", Libris - tr. David Luke

Um Mitternacht (2)

At midnight

Nimmersatte Liebe

Love insatiable

Denk es, O Seele! (2)

Oh soul, remember!

GILM, Hermann von - 1812-64
tr. Walter A.Aue

Allerseelen

All Souls' Day

KLESHEIM, Anton Freiherr von - 1812-84
tr. Walter A.Aue

Wenn's Mailüfterl weht

When May breezes blow

HEBBEL, Friedrich - 1813-63
tr. Walter A.Aue

Herbstbild

Autumn Scene

Spaziergang am Herbstabend

Walk on a Fall Evening
VIRTUAL BOOK 25tr. Brian Cole

Gyges und sein Ring

Gyges and his ring

GEROK, Karl von - 1815-90
tr. Walter A.Aue

Herbstgefühl

Fall Feeling


GEIBEL, Emanuel - 1815-84
tr. Walter A.Aue

Herbstlich sonnige Tage

Autumn's Sunny Days

Ich sah den Wald sich fârben ...

I saw the forest staining ...

Für Musik

For Music


PRUTZ, Robert Eduard - 1816-72
tr. Anna Cole

Hab ich geliebt? (1)

Did I love?
tr. Brian Cole

Hab ich geliebt? (2)

And have I loved?

CANDIDUS, Karl August - 1817-72
tr. Emily Ezust

Jägerlied

Huntsman's song


HERWEGH, Georg - 1817-75
tr. Michael Haldane

Hölderlin

Hölderlin

STORM, Theodor - 1817-88
tr. Walter A.Aue

Über die Heide

Over the Moorlands

Meeresstrand

Seashore
tr. Peter Dean

Trost

Consolation
from "The Penguin Book of German Verse", Penguin Books
- prose tr. Leonard Forster

April. Mai

April. May.

KELLER, Gottfried - 1819-90
tr. Michael Haldane