If you would only smile now and then | If you would only smile now and then

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA

Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst,
Nur zuweilen Kühle fächelst
Dieser ungemeßnen Glut --
In Geduld will ich mich fassen
Und dich alles treiben lassen,
Was der Liebe wehe thut.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Hafis. Neue Sammlung. Von G. F. Daumer, Verlag von Bauer & Raspe in Nürnberg, 1852, page 150. Note: modern German would change the spelling of "thut" to "tut".

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis. Neue Sammlung, in 2. Zweites Buch, no. 66, first published 1852 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [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), "Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst", op. 57 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2 (1871), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "If you would only smile now and then", copyright ©
ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "If you will just smile occasionally", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Si seulement de temps en temps tu souriais", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Se solamente", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 28

If you would only smile now and then

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 If you would only smile now and then,
 Now and then fan coolness
 On my boundless passion -
 Then I would wait with patience
 And let you persist in doing all those things
 That injure my love.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis. Neue Sammlung, in 2. Zweites Buch, no. 66, first published 1852
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 37