No one has treated me like this before

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by Julius Waldemar Grosse (1828 - 1902)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

So hat noch niemand mit mir getan

(Sung text for setting by V. Gluth)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

So hat noch Niemand mit mir gethan.
An beiden Händen faßt' er mich an
Und schaute mir in die Seele
So unwiderstehlich, so tief herein,
Als wollt' er spähn, ob ein Fältelein
Ihm etwas noch verhehle.

So hat noch Niemand zu mir gesagt.
Was ich gejubelt, was ich geklagt,
Das schläft nun in seinem Herzen.
Drum ist's mir dadrinnen wie ein Traum:
Ob ich's noch selbst bin, weiß ich kaum,
Mich blendet's wie Weihnachtskerzen.

So hat auch noch Niemand mich geküsst,
Nicht Vater, nicht Mutter am heil'gen Christ.
Ach, alle die Liebesgaben,
Wie gäb' ich sie gerne den Kindern hin,
So selig, so fröhlich, so reich ich bin
Darf ich den Einen nur haben!

Composition:

Victor Gluth

Text Authorship:

by Julius Waldemar Grosse (1828 - 1902), "So hat noch Niemand mit mir gethan"

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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No one has treated me like this before

(Sung text translation for setting by V. Gluth)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

No one has treated me like this before.
He took me by both hands
And looked into my soul
So irresistibly, so deeply into it,
As if he wanted to espy whether a little wrinkle
Still kept something from him.

No one has told me before
What I rejoiced in, what I lamented,
It now sleeps in his heart.
Therefore what is within his heart is like a dream to me:
If I am still myself, I hardly know,
I am dazzled as if by Christmas candles.

No one has kissed me thus before either,
Not father, not mother upon the holy Christmas day.
Ah, all the gifts of love,
How gladly I would give them to the children,
Since I am so happy, so joyful, I am so rich
I am only permitted to have the One!

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Translations of titles:
"Erste Liebe" = "First love"
"Mädchens erste Liebe" = "Maiden's first love"
"Mädchens erste Liebe" = "Maiden's first love"
"So hat noch niemand mit mir getan" = "No one has treated me like this before"
"So hat noch Niemand mit mir gethan" = "No one has treated me like this before"

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