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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Kein Feuer, keine Kohle kann brennen so...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Kein Feuer, keine Kohle kann brennen so heiß
Als heimliche Liebe, von der [niemand nichts nicht]1 weiß.

Keine Rose, keine Nelke kann blühen so schön,
Als wenn zwei verliebte [Seelen]2 so bei einander stehn.

Setze du mir einen Spiegel in's [Herze]3 hinein,
Damit du kannst sehen, [wie treu]4 ich es mein'!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Brahms •   F. Hiller 

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Confirmed with Eine Sammlung der besten singbaren Lieder des deutschen Volkes. Allen Freunden des Gesanges und der Geselligkeit gewidmet, Stettin, Verlag von R. Graßmann, 1856, page 66.

1 Brahms: "niemand nicht"; Hiller: "niemand nichts"
2 Hiller: "Herzen"
3 Brahms: "Herz mir"
4 Brahms: "wie so treu"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Heimliche Liebe" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Heimliche Liebe", WoO. posth. 38 no. 13 (1859-62), from 20 Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Kein Feuere, keine Kohle", op. 4 (Drei Duette für 2 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1893 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Heuchemer (1826 - 1858), "Kein Feuer, keine Kohle", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1858 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Wie treu ich es mein'!", op. 39 (Volksthümliche Lieder für 2 Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte (ad lib.)) no. 2, published 1847 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ferdinand Horn (b. 1842), "Kein Feuer, keine Kohle", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Knappe , "Heimliche Liebe", op. 8 (Fünf Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1878 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Laue , "Heimliche Liebe", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Ruhrort, Andreae & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Kein Feuer, keine Kohle", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Kein Feuer, keine Kohle kann brennen so heiss", op. 2 (Zwei Duette für Sopran und Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1882 [ duet for soprano and baritone with piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Heimliche Liebe", op. 8 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Friedrich Silcher.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Aucun feu, aucun charbon ne peut brûler aussi fort", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 55

Geen vuurhaard en geen steenkool kan...
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Geen vuurhaard en geen steenkool kan branden zo heet
Als heim’lijke liefde, waarvan niemand iets weet.
 
Geen roosje en geen anjer kan bloeien zo fijn
Als [wanneer twee verliefde]1 zielen met elkander samen zijn.
 
Zet jij gerust een spiegel in ‘t hart mij meteen,
Zodat je zelf zien kunt, hoe oprecht ik het meen!

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Translation of title "Heimliche Liebe" = "Heimelijke liefde"
1 In Brahms' WoO 38 elke lettergreep zingen op een achtste noot

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2015 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Heimliche Liebe"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-14
Line count: 6
Word count: 55

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