They give you the German text on the left-hand page, and the English on the right.
There's also lots of helpful notes at the back. This one was published in 1964 ....
I've got similar dual-language books ...notably French and Spanish ... and they are not as engaging as these German ones.
But that's not all. There are two other similar collections .... lucky us !
This left one was published in 1976 ......... and this 3rd one in 2003.
................and now .... the music ..