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Ich trag' ein [glückselig] 1 Geheimnis Mit mir herum, Ich möchts allen Leuten vertrauen Und bleib' doch stumm! Ach, jubeln [möcht']2 ich und singen, Von früh bis spät -- Und rege nur heimlich die Lippen, Wie zum Gebet!
Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 3.
1 Reger: "glückseliges"2 Reger: "möchte"
Text Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Geheimnis", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 1. Aus seliger Zeit , no. 1 [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 Mathieu Neumann (1867 - 1928), "Geheimnis", op. 55 no. 1, published 1904, from Aus seliger Zeit, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Geheimnis", 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmund von Strauß (1869 - 1919), "Geheimnis" [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Secret", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Secret", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Secret", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Secret", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 38
Je porte en moi Un souvenir heureux, Je voudrais le confier à tout le monde Et pourtant je reste muette ! Ah, je voudrais jubiler et chanter Du matin au soir -- Et ne bouge qu'en cachette les lèvres, Comme pour prier.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Geheimnis", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 1. Aus seliger Zeit , no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 40
