That I love you | That I love you causes me suffering

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possibly by Robert Schweichel (1821 - 1907)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Daß ich Dich liebe, schafft mir Pein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Daß ich Dich liebe, schafft mir Pein,
Vergebens wünsch' ich's Dir zu klagen!
[Der Quell]¹ springt murmelnd aus dem Stein,
Das volle Herz weiß nichts zu sagen.

  Jed' Vöglein singt sein Liedchen aus
Und Liebe tönt von allen Zweigen;
Die meine drückt kein Wörtlein aus,
Ich kann nur lieben Dich und schweigen.

  Kann Dich nur halten innig still,
In's Aug' Dir seh'n mit heil'gen Schauern
Und beten, daß sie ewig will,
Die Pein, die selig stumme, dauern.

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• J. Végh

J. Végh sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Robert Schweichel, "Solange. Erzählung aus der Westschweiz" in Über Land und Meer. Allgemeine Illustriete Zeitung, Sechzehnter Band, No. 48, Stuttgart, August 1866, page 762.

Note: the poem occurs twice in the story, and the first time, a character is reading it from an old calendar, so it may be a ditty that was popular at the time of publication, or it may be by Schweichel himself.

¹ Végh: "Die Quelle"

Text Authorship:

possibly by Robert Schweichel (1821 - 1907), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by János Végh (1845 - 1918), as Johann Végh, "Dass ich Dich liebe", published 1869, stanzas 1-2 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Gedichte, Heft 1, no. 5, Pest: Táborszky & Parsch; Wien: F. Wessely; Leipzig: Fr. Hofmeister, Nr. 72 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

That I love you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  That I love you causes me suffering,
In vain do I wish to lament it to you!
The water-spring leaps, murmuring, from the rocks,
The overflowing heart knows not what to say.

  Every birdlet sings out its song
And love resounds from all the branches;
My love cannot manage a single word,
I can only love you and remain mute.

  If I may only hold you devoutly quietly,
May gaze into your eyes with holy dread
And pray that the anguish, the blissful mute [anguish],
May last forever.

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a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Robert Schweichel (1821 - 1907)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 89