by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Liebeslied
 (Sung text for setting by F. Scheiding)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Als ich dich kaum geseh'n,
Mußt es mein Herz gestehn,
Ich konnt' dir nimmermehr
Vorübergehn.

Fällt nun der Sternenschein
Nachts in mein Kämmerlein,
Lieg ich und schlafe nicht
Und denke dein.

Ist doch die Seele mein
So ganz geworden dein,
Zittert in deiner Hand,
Tu ihr kein Leid!

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Florence Z. Marshall) , "Im Volkston"
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2012
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Hardly did I look at you,
Than my heart had to avow,
that I could never again
Stop thinking of you.

Now when the light of the stars falls
into my little room at night,
I lie sleepless
and think of you.

For my soul
so completely belongs to you
that it trembles in your hand;
do not hurt it!

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