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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Stumme Liebe
 (Sung text for setting by E. Tinel)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Ließe doch ein hold Geschick
Mich in deinen Zaubernähen,
Mich in deinem Wonneblick
Still verglühen und vergehen;

Wie das fromme Lampenlicht
Sterbend glüht in tiefer Wonne
Vor dem schönen Angesicht
Dieser himmlischen Madonne! -

Confirmed with: Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Suttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1869, page 25.

Composition:

    Set to music by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Stumme Liebe", op. 11 no. 5 (1875), published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge aus Nikolaus Lenaus Lieder der Sehnsucht, no. 5, Bruxelles, Schott Frères

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Stumme Liebe", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, first published 1838

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Amor mut", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Mute love", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Amour muet", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

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