Wallet, Wasser, schnell, 
Schimmert [perlengleich]1,
Meiner Liebe Hauch 
Schwebe über euch;

Schwebe über euch 
Sanft wie Maienluft,
Hülle Wald und Flur 
Ein in blauen Duft. 

Und im blauen Duft, 
Und im [Sonnenstrahl]2
Meinen Liebesgruß 
Ruschet durch das Thal.

[Rauschet]3 durch das Thal 
Süße Ahnung hin,
Daß er freudig fühlt,
Daß ich nahe bin.

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Confirmed with Eduard Vogt, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Hallberger'sche Verlagshandlung, 1839, pages 100-101.

¹ von Goethe: "Perlen gleich"
² Vogelmann: "Morgenstrahl"
³ Vogelmann: "Rausche"

Text Authorship:

• by Eduard Vogt (1814 - 1880), "Liebesgruß" [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 Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Liebesgruss", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Bonn: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Albert Vogelmann (1819 - 1900), "Liebesgruß", published 1856 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with Neunzig Lieder und Gesänge , ed. by Albert Vogelmann, Regensburg: G. Joseph Manz [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Greeting of love", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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