Request | When you give me your little hand

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Bitte

(Sung text for setting by P. Schick)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Wenn du die liebe Hand mir gibst,
Die so viel Ungesagtes sagt,
Hab ich dich jemals dann gefragt,
Ob du mich liebst?

Ich will ja nicht, daß du mich liebst,
Will nur, daß ich dich nahe weiß
Und daß du manchmal stumm und leis
Die Hand mir gibst.

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Composition:

Philippine Schick

Vom Frieden der Liebe

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bitte", written 1901

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Request", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "S'il te plaît", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Richiesta", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-02
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Word count: 49

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(Sung text translation for setting by P. Schick)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When you give me your dear hand,
Your hand that says so many unsaid things,
Have I ever asked you then,
If you love me?

For I do not want you to love me,
I only want to know that you are near
And that sometimes, mutely and quietly,
You give me your hand.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-28
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