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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Du bist so [still]1, so sanft, [so]2 [sinnig]3, Und schau' ich dir in's Angesicht, Da leuchtet mir verständnißinnig Der [dunkeln]4 Augen frommes Licht. Nicht Worte giebst du dem Gefühle, Du redest nicht, du lächelst nur; So lächelt in des Abends Kühle Der lichte Mond auf Wald und Flur. In Traumesdämmerung allmählich Zerrinnt die ganze Seele mir, Und nur das Eine fühl' ich selig, Daß ich vereinigt bin mit dir.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Pache: "süß"; Wölfl: "hold"
2 Pache: "und"
3 Petri, Rosenhain, Wölfl: "innig"; further changes may exist not shown above.
4 Pache: "lieben"
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 12 [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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Du bist so still", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen von Buri , "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", op. 28 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ medium voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Erlanger (1842 - 1908), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", op. 38 (Vier Lieder für Alt mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1879 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", op. 35 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Fretzdorff , "Du bist so still", op. 7 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor ) no. 2, published 1846 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Challier und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Gantenberg , "Du bist so still", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2, Hamburg, Benjamin [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Grünfeld (1852 - 1924), "Traumesdämmerung" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Du bist so still", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder von Burns, Heine, Dehling, Hagendorf, Geibel für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 5, published 1844 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Heinemann , "Du bist so still, so sanft", op. 8 no. 9, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Lieder von E. Geibel, no. 9, Bremen, Drewes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jenő Hubay (1858 - 1937), "Du bist so still", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1890 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Huber (1837 - 1886), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Stürmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gottfried Linder (1842 - 1918), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so innig ", published 1875 [ alto and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Simon van Milligen (1849 - 1929), "Du bist so still", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1879 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Amsterdam, L. Roothaan [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Mögele (1834 - 1907), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig ", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1885 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Josef Mottl (1856 - 1911), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", published 1892 [ men's chorus ], from 19 Gedichte deutscher Dichter, Heft III, no. 5, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Moy , "Du bist so still, so sanft, so innig", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesklänge. Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, München, Halbreiter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Pache (1857 - 1897), "Du bist so süss", op. 52 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henri Wilhelm Petri (1856 - 1914), "Vereint", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so innig", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Saloman (1816 - 1899), "Du bist so still, so sanft", op. 26 (6 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Schuster , "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig ", op. 12 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ida Sothmann (1863 - 1926), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred von Sponer (1870 - 1945), "Du bist so still", op. 12 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Karl Tottmann (1837 - 1917), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", op. 21 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Du bist so still, so sanft, so sinnig", op. 112 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wölfl , "Du bist so hold, so sanft, so innig", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (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: 2007-10-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 69
You are so quiet, so gentle, so...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
You are so quiet, so gentle, so thoughtful, And when I gaze into your face, I see, shining, a deep understanding In the solemn light of your dark eyes. You don’t give any words to this feeling, You don’t speak, but only smile; Just as, in the cool of the evening, The bright moon smiles on forest and field. Gradually, in the twilight of dreaming, My entire soul dwindles away, And the only thing that brings me bliss, Is that I am united with you.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 12
This text was added to the website: 2022-07-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 85