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Die blauen Frühlingsaugen Schau'n aus dem Gras hervor; Das sind die lieben Veilchen, Die ich zum Strauß erkor. Ich pflücke sie und denke, Und die Gedanken all, Die mir im Herzen seufzen, Singt laut die Nachtigall. Ja, was ich denke, singt sie Lautschmetternd, daß es schallt; Mein zärtliches Geheimnis Weiß schon der ganze Wald.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 243
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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The blue eyes of spring Peep forth from the grass; Those are the dear violets That I chose for a bouquet. I pick them and I ponder, And all of the thoughts That are sighing within my heart, The nightingale sings them loudly. Yes, what I'm thinking, the nightingale sings Like a loud clarion, so that it resounds; My most tender secret Is already known to the whole wood.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Das Veilchen" = "The violet"
"Das verrathene Geheimniss" = "The revealed secret"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen" = "The blue eyes of spring"
"Die blauen Frühlingsaugen schau'n aus dem Gras hervor" = "The blue eyes of spring peep forth from the grass"
"Duett" = "Duet"
"Frühlingsaugen" = "Eyes of spring"
"Frühlingslied" = "Spring song"
"Frühlingslied II" = "Spring song II"
"Im Frühling" = "In spring"
"Lautes Geheimnis" = "Open secret"
"Neuer Frühling" = "New spring"
"Schubert" = "Schubert"
"Stille Gedanken" = "Quiet thoughts"
"Verratene Liebe" = "Revealed love"
"Verratene Liebe: Duett" = "Revealed love: duet"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13
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