Discretion | As soon as Damoetas sees Chloe

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by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804)

Translation © by Linda Godry

So bald Damötas Chloën sieht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE GRE ITA LIT

[So bald]¹ Damötas Chloën sieht,
So sucht er mit beredten Blicken
Ihr seine Klagen auszudrücken
und ihre Wange glüht.
Sie scheinet seine stillen Klagen 
Mehr als zur Hälfte zu versteh'n,
Und er ist jung, und sie ist schön: 
Ich will nicht weiter sagen.

Vermißt er Chloën auf der Flur,
Betrübt wird er von dannen scheiden;
Dann aber hüpft er voller Freuden,
Entdeckt er Chloën nur.
Er küßt ihr unter tausend Fragen
Die Hand, und Chloë läßt's gescheh'n,
Und er ist jung, und sie ist schön:
Ich will nichts weiter sagen.

Sie hat an Blumen² ihre Lust,
Er stillet täglich ihr Verlangen;
Sie [klopft]³ schmeichelnd ihm die Wangen,
Und steckt sie [vor]⁴ die Brust.
Der Busen bläht sich, sie zu tragen,
Er triumphiert, sie hier zu seh'n;
Und er ist jung, und sie ist schön:
Ich will nichts weiter sagen.

Wenn sie ein kühler, heitrer Bach,
Beschützt von Büschen, eingeladen,
In seinen Wellen sich zu baden,
So schleicht er listig nach.
In diesen schwülen Sommertagen
Hat er ihr oftmals zugeseh'n,
Und er ist jung, und sie ist schön:
Ich will nichts weiter sagen.

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• W. Mozart

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Confirmed with Kleine lyrische Gedichte von C. F. Weisse, Wien, Bey F. A. Schræmbl, 1793, pages 30-31.

¹ Mozart: "Sobald"
² in the edition cited above, this is "Bluhmen"
³ Mozart: "klopfet"
⁴ Mozart: "an"

Text Authorship:

by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804), "Die Verschwiegenheit", first published 1763? [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Die Verschweigung", K. 518 (1787) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Gottlieb von Leon (1757 - 1830) , "Die Verschwiegenheit" [an adaptation] ; composed by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 186

Discretion

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

As soon as Damoetas sees Chloe,
he follows her with speaking glances
to express his pleas
And her cheek glows.
She seems to understand his secret pleas
more than by half,
and he is young, and she is beautiful
I won't say any more.

If Cloe is not around,
he leaves distressed;
but he is merrily frolicking,
as soon as he spots her.
He kisses her hand asking a thousand questions
And Chloe indulges it/him,
and he is young, and she is beautiful:
I won't say any more.

She cherishes flowers
And he quenches her thirst daily;
She softly strokes his cheeks
And pins the posy onto her breast.
Her bosom proudly swells because of them.
He is triumphant to see them there,
and he is young, and she is beautiful:
I won't say any more.

If a refreshing, merrily runnig along creak,
Protected by underbrush, invites her
To take a bath in its waves,
He cunningly sneaks close by.
In these hot summer days
He often watched her,
and he is young, and she is beautiful:
I won't say any more.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804), "Die Verschwiegenheit", first published 1763?
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This text was added to the website: 2005-10-25
Line count: 32
Word count: 182