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Wenn du die kleine Hand mir gibst, Die so viel Ungesagtes sagt, Hab ich dich jemals dann gefragt, Ob du mich liebst? Ich will ja nicht, daß du mich liebst, Will nur, daß ich dich nahe weiß Und daß du manchmal stumm und leis Die Hand mir gibst.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 73.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bitte", written 1901 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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When you give me your little hand, Your hand that says so many unsaid things, Have I ever asked you then, If you love me? For I do not want you to love me, I only want to know that you are near And that sometimes, mutely and quietly, You give me your hand.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bitte", written 1901
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-28
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Word count: 55