If love has touched you

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Hat dich die Liebe berührt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Hat dich die Liebe berührt,
Still unterm lärmenden Volke
Gehst du in goldner Wolke,
Sicher vom Gotte geführt.

Nur wie verloren, umher
Lässest die Blicke du wandern,
Gönnst ihre Freuden den Andern,
Trägst nur nach einem Begehr.

Scheu in dich selber verzückt,
Möchtest du hehlen vergebens,
Daß nun die Krone des Lebens
Strahlend die Stirn dir schmückt.

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Confirmed with Gedichte, vierte, neu durchgesehene und stark vermehrte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1889, pages 56-57.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Skizzenbuch. Lieder und Bilder, in Neues Leben [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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If love has touched you

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

If love has touched you,
Then quietly among the noisy throng
You walk in a golden cloud,
Led safely by a god

As if lost, you let your gaze
Stray about,
You do not begrudge others their joys,
You only yearn for one thing.

Timidly withdrawn into yourself in rapture,
You vainly try to conceal
That now the crown of life
Glowingly adorns your brow.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Skizzenbuch. Lieder und Bilder, in Neues Leben
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-10
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Word count: 67