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by (Johann Sebastian) Wilhelm Kilzer (1799 - 1844)

Sprache der Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich hab' es den Blumen gesagt,
Ich hab' es den Sternen geklagt,
Die Blumen, sie mögen es hauchen
Umher mit ihrem Duft,
Die Sterne, sie mögen es leuchten
Weithin durch die säuselnde Luft.

Was hab' ich den Blumen gesagt?
Was hab' ich den Sternen geklagt?
Ach, wem es die Blumen nicht duften,
Der wird mich nicht verstehn;
Und, wohnt dir nicht Liebe im Herzen,
Wirst du's in den Sternen nicht sehn!

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Confirmed with Neue Miniatur-Bibliothek der Deutschen Classiker: eine Anthologie in 200 Bändchen. Ein hundert sechs und neunzigstes Bändchen. J. G. Seume. Neunter Theil. Apokryphen und Fragmente, Hildburghausen und Philadelphia, Druck und Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1843, page 84.


Text Authorship:

  • by (Johann Sebastian) Wilhelm Kilzer (1799 - 1844), "Sprache der Liebe" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Sprache der Liebe", op. 342 (2 Duette für Sopran und Bariton oder Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1868 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone or bass with piano ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sprache der Liebe", op. 33[34] (Disteln und Dornen), Heft 1 no. 3 (1839), published 1840/1 [ voice and piano ], München: K. b. Hof Musikalien-Handlung von Falter & Sohn und Jos. Aibl (1840/1); Hamburg: G.W. Niemeyer ([1865]) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernst Michael Quirin Reiter (1814 - 1875), "Sprache der Liebe", op. 2, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Basel, F. Hegar [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Imre (1825 - 1898), "Sprache der Liebe", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871), "Sprache der Liebe", op. 13 (Sechs deutsche Lieder, Drittes Heft) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The language of Love", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2006-12-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

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