Das Geheimnis | Falls mich jemand, meine Liebe

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by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Romanze: Il mistero

(Sung text for setting by O. Nicolai)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT FRE GER

Se tranquillo a te d'accanto,
  Donna mia, talun mi vede,
  O felice appien mi crede,
  O guarito dall'amor:

Ma non tu, che sai pur quanto
  Combattuto e oppresso ho il cor.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Note: modern spelling changes "mova" to "muova"

Composition:

(Carl) Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai

Text Authorship:

by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865), "Il mistero"

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El misteri", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le mystère", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Das Geheimnis", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 119

Das Geheimnis

(Sung text translation for setting by O. Nicolai)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Falls mich jemand, meine Liebe, 
neben dir gelassen sieht,
wähnt er mich im Liebesglücke
oder ganz geheilt von ihr.

Doch du nicht, die weiß, dass dennoch
mir unschlüssig und beklommen ist das Herz.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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