Dearest, no, don’t sit so close

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Robert Schall

Nein, Geliebter, setze dich

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)

Our translations: AFR CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA

Nein, Geliebter, setze dich
mir so nahe nicht!
Starre nicht so brünstiglich
mir ins Angesicht!
 
Wie es auch im Busen brennt,
dämpfe deinen Trieb,
daß es nicht die Welt erkennt,
wie wir uns so lieb.

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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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), "Nein, Geliebter, setze dich", op. 65 no. 13 (1875), published 1875 [ vocal quartet and piano four-hands or instrumental ensemble ], from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 13, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (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 (Emily Ezust) , "No, my love, don't sit", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "No, amor mio, non accostarti", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

Dearest, no, don’t sit so close

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Dearest, no, don’t sit so close,
leave a little space!
Don’t betray your lust – it shows! –
staring at my face.

Even as your urges burn,
douse them, as it were,
for the world must not yet learn
that we are a pair.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 44