by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Die Stille
 (Sung text for setting by F. Hiller)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE HEB ITA NOR POR SPA
Es weiß und rät es doch Keiner,
Wie mir so wohl ist, so wohl!
Ach, wüßt es nur Einer, nur Einer,
Kein Mensch es sonst wissen soll!

So still ist's nicht draußen im Schnee,
So stumm und verschwiegen sind
Die Sterne nicht in der Höhe,
Als meine Gedanken sind.

 ... 

Ich wünscht', ich wäre ein Vöglein
Und zöge über das Meer,
Wohl über das Meer und weiter,
Bis daß ich im Himmel wär'!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Note: the Speyer score erroneously attributes the text to "Max von Eichendorff"

Composition:

    Set to music by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Die Stille", op. 41 no. 2, published 1850, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le silence", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "השקט", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La quiete", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Stillheten", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "A quietude", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "El Silencio", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 101

Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Nessuno lo sa, nessuno lo indovina,
quanto mi piace, mi piace!
Ah, se lo sapesse uno, uno solo,
nessuno altrimenti lo deve sapere.

Non c'è tanta quiete fuori nella neve,
così mute e tranquille
non sono le stelle nel cielo,
come lo sono i miei pensieri.

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Nessuno lo sa, nessuno lo indovina,
quanto mi piace, mi piace!
Ah, se lo sapesse uno, uno solo,
nessuno altrimenti lo deve sapere.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (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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This text was added to the website: 2006-03-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 89