What's the use | What's the use, even if one's lips

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Was thut's, wenn auch die Lippen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Was thut's, wenn auch die Lippen
Der Liebe schweigen,
Wenn stille nur im Auge
Glänzet die Neigung!
   Denn in der Liebe 
   Sind Blicke beredter
   Als Worte der Lippe.

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Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1904, page 190.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title [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 Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Was thut's", op. 53 (Vier Duette) no. 1, published 1896 [ duet for alto and baritone with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "What's the use", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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What's the use

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What's the use, even if one's lips 
Are silent about love,
When fondness silently
Glows only in the eyes!
   For in the case of loving
   Glances speak more
   Than words uttered by one's lips.

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This text was added to the website: 2022-07-27
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