Come here, dear zither mine, come | Come here, dear zither mine, come, you who appreciates quiet love

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Linda Godry

Komm, liebe Zither

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE ITA LIT SPA

Komm, liebe Zither, komm, du Freundin stiller Liebe,
Du sollst auch meine Freundin sein.
Komm, dir vertraue ich die geheimsten meiner Triebe,
Nur dir vertrau ich meine Pein.

Sag' ihr an meiner Statt, ich darf's ihr noch nicht sagen,
Wie ihr so ganz mein Herz gehört.
Sag' ihr an meiner Statt, ich darf's ihr noch nicht klagen,
Wie sich für sie mein Herz verzehrt.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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), "Komm, liebe Zither", K. 351 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Komm, liebe Zither", K. 367b [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Anton Diabelli.

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kom, lieve citer", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Come here, dear zither mine, come", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Viens, chère cithare", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Vieni, mia amata cetra", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Eikš, mieloji citra", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Covadonga González Bernardo) , "Ven, querida cítara", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 64

Come here, dear zither mine, come

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Come here, dear zither mine, come, you who appreciates quiet love,
You shall be my confidante as well.
Come here, I trust only you with my most secret yearnings,
To you only I confide my sorrow.

Tell her in my place, as I may not speak up yet,
That my heart is all hers alone.
Tell her in my place, as I may not speak of my sorrows yet,
How my heart yearns for her.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 75