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Wenn du es wüßtest, Was träumen heißt von brennenden Küssen, Von Wandern und Ruhen mit der Geliebten, Aug in Auge, Und kosend und plaudernd, Wenn du es wüßtest, Du neigtest dein Herz! Wenn du es wüßtest, Was bangen heißt in einsamen Nächten, Umschauert vom Sturm, da niemand tröstet Milden Mundes die kampfmüde Seele, Wenn du es wüßtest, Du [kämst]1 zu mir. Wenn du es wüßtest, Was leben heißt, umhaucht von der Gottheit Weltschaffendem Atem, Zu schweben empor, lichtgetragen, Zu seligen [Höhen]2, Wenn du es wüßtest, Du lebtest mit mir!
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View text without footnotes1 Strauss: "kämest"
2 Strauss: "Höhn"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Hart (1855 - 1906), "Wenn du es wüßtest" [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Cäcilie", op. 27 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (1893-4) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "Cecília", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Caecilia", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Cecily", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Cécile", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Cecilia", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 92
もし君が知っていたら 燃えるようなキスや 愛する人と歩み 憩い 目と目を見つめ合い 愛撫しおしゃべりするのを夢見る事が どんな事なのか君が知っていたら 君は心を寄せてくれていただろう！ もし君が知っていたら 幾夜もの孤独な夜に 嵐の恐怖に包まれ 戦いに疲れた心を優しい声と言葉で 慰めてくれる人もいないのを恐れる事が どんな事なのか君が知っていたら 君は僕の所に来てくれただろう もし君が知っていたら 生きるとはどういう事か 神の創造の息吹に包まれ 光に導かれ 幸福なる天へと昇って行くのがどういう事か 君が知っていたなら 君は僕と共に生きただろう！
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Translations of titles:
"Cäcilie" = "ツェツィーリエ"
"Wenn du es wüßtest" = "もし君が知っていたら"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Japanese (日本語) copyright © 2025 by Naoyuki Okada, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Hart (1855 - 1906), "Wenn du es wüßtest"
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 22