You have such pious customs | You have such pious customs

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by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Du hast so fromme Sitte

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Du hast so fromme Sitte, 
Du hast so stille Weise, 
Du kommst und grüßest freundlich 
Und gehest wieder leise. 

Und lächelst meinen Worten, 
Die wirr und unstet schwanken; 
Und hast mir doch bezwungen 
Herz, Sinne und Gedanken. 

Es haben mich geblendet 
Gesenkte Augenlider, 
Die Sprache stummen Mundes 
Hallt mir im Traume wieder.

Confirmed with Richard Volkmann, Richard Leanders sämtliche Werke, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899, page 220. Also confirmed with Richard v. Volkmann-Leander, Kleine Geschichten und Gedichte, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., 1920, page 47; the title comes from this collection.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander, "Du hast so fromme Sitte", appears in Gedichte, in Kleine Lieder, no. 2 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Julius Sachs (1830 - 1887), "Du hast so fromme Sitte", op. 101 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Halle a/S., Gräbner & Alban [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "You have such pious customs", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

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You have such pious customs

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You have such pious customs,
You have such a calm manner,
You come and speak a greeting amiably
And then leave quietly.

And smile at my words
That falter confusedly and erratically;
And yet you have conquered
My heart, senses and thoughts.

I have been blinded by 
Lowered eyelids,
The words of a mute mouth
Reverberate in my dreams.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Volkmann (1830 - 1889), as Richard Leander, "Du hast so fromme Sitte", appears in Gedichte, in Kleine Lieder, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2024-08-25
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Word count: 59