Dedication | O do not thank me for these songs

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by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873)

Translation © by Barbara Miller

O danke nicht

(Sung text for setting by O. Dresel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

O danke nicht für diese Lieder,
Mir ziemt es dankbar dir zu sein;
Dein sind sie ja, ich gebe wieder,
Was einst und jetzt und ewig dein.

Dein sind sie alle ja gewesen;
Aus deiner lieben Augen Licht
Hab ich sie treulich abgelesen:
Kennst du die eignen Lieder nicht?

Composition:

Otto Dresel

Text Authorship:

by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873), first published 1841

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Dedication", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , first published 1851

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Dedication

(Sung text translation for setting by O. Dresel)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

O do not thank me for these songs,
It is seemly for me to be thankful to you;
You give them to me, I give back,
What is now and once and ever yours.
 
Yours have they all been;
in your dear eyes light
Have I truly read them:
Do you not know your own songs?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873), first published 1841
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