Greeting of love | Waters, flow quickly, shimmer like pearls

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by Eduard Vogt (1814 - 1880)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebesgruss

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wallet, Wasser, schnell, schimmert [perlengleich]¹,
Meiner Liebe Hauch schwebe über euch,
Schwebe über euch sanft wie Maienluft
Hülle Wald und Flur ein in blauen Duft. 

Und im blauen Duft, und im [Morgenstrahl]²
Meinen Liebesgruß rauschet durch das Thal.
[Rausche]³ durch das Thal süße Ahnung hin,
Daß er freudig fühlt, daß ich nahe bin.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• W. Goethe

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¹ von Goethe: "Perlen gleich"
² von Goethe: "Sonnenstrahl"
³ von Goethe: "Rauschet"

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Vogt (1814 - 1880) [author's text not yet checked 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 Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Liebesgruss", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Bonn: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Albert Vogelmann (1819 - 1900), "Liebesgruß", published 1856 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with Neunzig Lieder und Gesänge , ed. by Albert Vogelmann, Regensburg: G. Joseph Manz [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Greeting of love", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

Greeting of love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Waters, flow quickly, shimmer like pearls,
May the breath of my love hover over you,
Hover over you as gently as the breezes of May[,]
Shroud woods and lea in a blue scent.

And in the blue scent, and in the [sunbeam]¹
The greeting of my love soughs through the valley.
Sweet premonition soughs through the valley,
So that he may joyfully sense that I am near.

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ Vogelmann: "morning beam"
² Vogelmann: " Sough on through the valley[,] sweet premonition "

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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-12
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Word count: 68