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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strugovshchikov (1809 - 1878)

Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE GRE ITA ITA NOR
Heiß mich nicht reden, heiß mich schweigen,
Denn mein Geheimniß ist mir Pflicht;
Ich möchte dir mein ganzes Innre zeigen,
Allein das Schicksal will es nicht.

Zur rechten Zeit vertreibt der Sonne Lauf
Die finstre Nacht, und sie muß sich erhellen;
Der harte Fels schließt seinen Busen auf,
Mißgönnt der Erde nicht die tiefverborgnen Quellen.

Ein jeder sucht im Arm des Freundes Ruh,
Dort kann die Brust in Klagen sich ergießen;
Allein ein Schwur drückt mir die Lippen zu
Und nur ein Gott vermag sie aufzuschließen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert •   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 117; and with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Neunzehnter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1828, page 262.

First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Dritter Band, Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, pages 203-204. The poem appears in Book 5, Chapter 16 of Goethe's novel.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1782, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Research team for this page: Thierry Morice , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 88

Не спрашивай, не вызывай признанья!
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Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Не спрашивай, не вызывай признанья!
Молчания лежит на мне печать;
Всё высказать - одно моё желанье,
Но втайне я обречана страдать.

Там вечный  лёд вершины покрывает,
Здесь на поля легла ночная тень.
С весною вновь источник заиграет,
С зарёю вновь проглянет божий день.

Другим дано в час скорби утешенье 
Указан друг, чтоб сердце облегчить;
Мне ж с клятвой на устах дано терпенье,
И только бог их может разрешить.

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•   A. Gurilyov •   P. Tchaikovsky 

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Confirmed with Иоганн Вольфганг Гете: Стихотворения (с иллюстрациями), 2017, many translators, accessed through Google Books.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Strugovshchikov (1809 - 1878), "Не спрашивай" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1782, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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