Oh do not shudder! Let this gaze

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

O schaudre nicht! Laß diesen Blick

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O schaudre nicht! Laß diesen Blick,
Laß diesen Händedruck dir sagen,
Was unaussprechlich ist:
Sich hinzugeben ganz und eine Wonne
Zu fühlen, die ewig sein muß!
Ewig! -- Ihr Ende [würde]¹ Verzweiflung sein.
Nein! kein Ende.  Kein Ende!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Arnim

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Confirmed with Faust in ursprünglicher Gestalt (Urfaust), in: Goethe Faust, kommentiert von Erich Trunz, München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 16., überarbeitete Auflage, 1996, page 403

¹ B. von Arnim: "wird"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano (1785 - 1859), "Aus Faust", 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Die Lieder der Sammlung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Gérard Labrunie) , no title

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Oh do not shudder! Let this gaze

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh do not shudder! Let this gaze,
Let the pressure of these hands tell you
That which is impossible to articulate:
To abandon oneself utterly and to feel
A bliss that must be eternal!
Eternal! Its end [would]¹ be despair.
No! no end. No end!

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Translation of title "Aus Faust" = "From Faust"
¹ B. von Arnim: "shall"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-30
Line count: 7
Word count: 46