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by Friedrich August Leo (1820 - 1898)

Ich weiß es und darf's nicht sagen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich weiß es und darf's nicht sagen, 
Die plaudernden Lüfte tragen 
Ein jedes Geheimniß fort; 
Ich darf's nicht leise singen, 
Es würde laut erklingen 
Das heimliche Liebeswort. 

Doch wenn im süßen Schweigen 
Sich Lipp' auf Lippen neigen,
Da wird es ausgetauscht:
Des Blutes heiße Wellen 
Dem Herzen dann bestellen,
Was Holdes sie erlauscht.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von F. A. Leo, Zweite vermehrte Auflage, Berlin, Verlag von J. Guttentag (D. Collin), 1872, page 7.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich August Leo (1820 - 1898), "Ein Geheimniss ", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Lyrisches [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 Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Geheimniss", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1871 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 53

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