by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872)

Ich will's dir nimmer sagen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich will's dir nimmer sagen,
Wie ich so lieb dich hab',
Im Herzen will ich's tragen,
Will stumm sein wie das Grab.

Kein Lied soll dir's gestehen,
Soll flehen um mein Glück,
Du selber sollst es sehen,
Du selbst -- in meinem Blick.

Und kannst du es nicht lesen,
Was dort so zärtlich spricht,
So ist's ein Traum gewesen,
Dem Träumer zürne nicht.

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Gwendolen Gore) , "My secret"


Research team for this text: John Versmoren , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62