Secret | Ô crépuscule du printemps !

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by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Geheimnis

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

O Frühlingsabenddämmerung!
O laues, lindes Weh'n,
Ihr Blütenbäume, sprecht, was tut
ihr so zusammensteh'n?

Vertraut ihr das Geheimnis euch
Von uns'rer Liebe süß?
Was flüstert ihr ein ander zu
Von uns'rer Liebe süß?

Text Authorship:

by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Geheimnis", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Geheimnis", op. 71 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3 (1877), published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Secret", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geheim", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Secret", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Secret", copyright © 2013, (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: 33

Secret

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ô crépuscule du printemps !
Ô brises tièdes et douces,
Arbres en fleurs, parlez, que faites-vous
Si près les uns des autres ?

Vous confiez-vous le secret
De notre doux amour ?
Que vous chuchotez-vous
Sur notre doux amour ?

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Geheimnis", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 36