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by Max Jähns (1837 - 1900)

Ich möcht' es mir selber verschweigen
 (Sung text for setting by A. Backer-Grøndahl)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich möcht' es mir selber verschweigen,
Wie du mein Alles bist,
Wie ohne dich dies Leben
Nicht mehr zu denken ist.
 
Ich möcht' es mir selber verschweigen,
Wie sich mein ganzes Sein
In jeder Stunde wendet
Nach deinem Sonnenschein.
 
Ich möcht' es mir selber verschweigen,
Was alle Welt erlauscht,
Wovon die Quelle murmelt,
Wovon die Linde rauscht.--
 
Wie aber kann ich's verschweigen,
Da du zu jeder Frist
Mein höchstes Denken und Sinnen,
Da du mein Alles bist.--

Composition:

    Set to music by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Ich möcht' es mir selber verschweigen", op. 14 (6 deutsche Lieder) no. 6, published 1881 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Max Jähns (1837 - 1900), no title, appears in Ein Jahr der Jugend: Gedichte, in Mai: Freudiges Ruhn auf der Empfindung

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I would like to conceal from myself", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

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