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Kein Wörtlein hast du mir gesagt, Kein Wörtlein hab' ich dich gefragt, Und auch beim Scheiden blieb ich stumm, Nur zaghaft schaut' ich nach dir um. Da sahst du auf, da wußt' ich's klar: Mein bist du, mein für immerdar!-- Da wußt' ich's klar: Du hast mich lieb, Als ob es Gott in's Herz mir schrieb! Kein Wörtlein hast du mir gesagt, Kein Wörtlein hab' ich dich gefragt: Ein einzger Blick, ein einzger Blick Entschied mein seliges Geschick!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 179-180.
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-23
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You said not one word to me, I questioned you with not one word, And I remained mute even at parting, My gaze only searched for you hesitantly. Then you looked up, then I knew it clearly: You are mine, mine forevermore! -- Then I knew it clearly: you love me, As if God were writing it in my heart! You said not one word to me, I questioned you with not one word, A single glance, a single glance Determined my blessed fate!
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-05
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