Oh do not shudder! Let this gaze

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

O schaudre nicht! Laß diesen Blick

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O schaudre nicht! Laß diesen Blick,
Laß diesen Händedruck dir sagen,
Was unaussprechlich ist:
Sich hinzugeben ganz und eine Wonne
Zu fühlen, die ewig sein muß!
Ewig! -- Ihr Ende würde Verzweiflung sein.
Nein! kein Ende.  Kein Ende!

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• B. Arnim

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Confirmed with Faust in ursprünglicher Gestalt (Urfaust), in: Goethe Faust, kommentiert von Erich Trunz, München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 16., überarbeitete Auflage, 1996, page 403

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Oh do not shudder! Let this gaze

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh do not shudder! Let this gaze,
Let the pressure of these hands tell you
That which is impossible to articulate:
To abandon oneself utterly and to feel
A bliss that must be eternal!
Eternal! Its end would be despair.
No! no end. No end!

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Translation of title "Aus Faust" = "From Faust"

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