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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Man strebt, die Flamme zu verhehlen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT
Man strebt, die Flamme zu verhehlen,
Die bei gefühlvoll edlen Seelen
Sich unbemerkt ins Herze stiehlt;
Geheimnisvoll schließt man die Lippen,
Jedoch verrät sich bald mit Blicken,
Wie sehr man, ach, die Liebe fühlt.
  
Ein Blick sagt mehr als tausend Worte,
Ein Blick entriegelt oft die Pforte
Der lang verhehlten Leidenschaft;
Er zeigt dem Teuren, den ich liebe,
Des Herzens reine, zarte Triebe
Und gibt ihm auszuharren Kraft.

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Note: this poem was quoted in "Das Nachspiel. Ein Lustspiel in einem Aufzuge. Nach dem Französischen frey bearbeitet.", in Schauspiele von Johanna Franul von Weissenthurn, geboren Grünberg, Zweyter Band, Wien, bey J. V. Degen, 1804, pages 168-169.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Man strebt die Flamme zu verhehlen", WoO 120 (1800-2) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Man strebt die Flamme zu verhehlen" [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Men tracht de vuurgloed te verhelen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

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