Song of the Blissful Secret | A heart that is kind

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by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938)

Translation © by Laura Prichard, Jeffrey Tang

Lied del secreto dichoso

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Corazón que bien se da,
Tiene que darse callado,
Sin que el mismo objeto amado
Llegue a saberlo quizá.

Que ni un suspiro indiscreto
Nuestros firmes labios abra.
Que la más dulce palabra
Muera en dichoso secreto.

Todo calla alrededor.
Y la noche, sobre el mundo,
Se embellece en el profundo
Misterio de nuestro amor.

Text Authorship:

by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938), "Lied del secreto dichoso", appears in Romancero, in Los trece lieders, no. 13, first published 1924 [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 Gilardo Gilardi (1889 - 1963), "Lied del secreto dichoso", 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Trece Lieder, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
by Victor Pasqés (1896 - 1961), "Lied del secreto dichoso" [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Seis Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) (Jeffrey Tang) , "Song of the Blissful Secret", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

Song of the Blissful Secret

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

A heart that is kind,
Has to be quiet,
Without [striving for] the exact same beloved goal,
Maybe I'll be able to figure out [how to do] that.

That no indiscreet sigh
Would pass from our firm lips.
That the sweetest word
Would die in a blissful secret.

Everything is quiet around.
And the night, over the world,
Would be embellished in the deep
Mystery of our love.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938), "Lied del secreto dichoso", appears in Romancero, in Los trece lieders, no. 13, first published 1924
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 68