When I my song in quiet strains

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by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Seliger Glaube

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wenn ich ein Lied in Tönen leis'
   Hinsinge in die Nacht,
Mein Lied, das ich für Dich allein
   Gesungen und erdacht:

Da winken mir die Sterne zu,
   Da geht ein flüsternd Weh'n
Durch Baum und Strauch als hört' ich Dich
   Dort in der Stille geh'n!

Ich lausche hin -- da ist's ein Hauch,
   Der mir die Lippen schließt,
Als hättest Du mir plötzlich fort
   Vom Mund Dein Lied geküßt.

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Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), "Seliger Glaube", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe, first published 1887

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

When I my song in quiet strains

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I a song in quiet strains
   Sing out into the night,
My song, that for you alone,
   I sang and created,

Then the stars greet me,
   Then a whispering zephyr passes
Through trees and bushes, as if I could hear you
   Walking in the silence out there.

I listen--then it is as if a breath
   Closes my lips
As if you had suddenly
   Taken your song from my lips with a kiss.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), "Seliger Glaube", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe, first published 1887
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 74