Ich trag' ein [glückselig] 1 Geheimnis
Mit mir herum,
Ich möchts allen Leuten vertrauen
Und bleib' doch stumm!
Ach, jubeln [möcht']2 ich und singen,
Von früh bis spät --
Und rege nur heimlich die Lippen,
Wie zum Gebet!

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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 3.

¹ Reger: "glückseliges"
² Reger: "möchte"

Text Authorship:

• by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Geheimnis", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 1. Aus seliger Zeit , no. 1 [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 Mathieu Neumann (1867 - 1928), "Geheimnis", op. 55 no. 1, published 1904, from Aus seliger Zeit, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Geheimnis", 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Edmund von Strauß (1869 - 1919), "Geheimnis" [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Secret", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Secret", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Secret", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Secret", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-04
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