by
Viktor Hirschfeld (1858 - 1940), as Victor Léon and by
Leo Stein (1862 - 1920)
Lippen schweigen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Lippen schweigen, 's flüstern Geigen:
Hab' mich lieb!
All' die Schritte sagen bitte,
hab' mich lieb!
Jeder Druck der Hände deutlich mir's beschrieb,
er sagt klar: 's ist wahr, 's ist wahr,
du hast mich lieb!
Bei jedem Walzerschritt
Tanzt auch die Seele mit,
da hüpft das Herzchen klein,
es klopft und pocht:
Sei mein! Sei mein!
Und der Mund er spricht kein Wort,
doch tönt es fort und immerfort:
ich hab' dich ja so lieb,
ich hab' dich lieb!
Jeder Druck der Hände deutlich mir's beschrieb,
er sagt klar: 's ist wahr, 's ist wahr,
du hast mich lieb!
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- ENG English [singable] (Linda Godry) , "Though lips are sealed", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-19
Line count: 19
Word count: 100
Though lips are sealed
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Though lips are sealed, violins whisper:
Care for me!
All our dance steps do keep asking,
Care for me!
Our fingers clasping feel so right to me
clearly telling me: it's true,
you care for me!
With ev'ry waltzing step
Our souls do fall in step,
Even our foolish hearts,
They pound and sound:
Be mine, be mine!
And though the mouth, it still is sealed,
And yet it couldn't be more plain:
I care so much for you.
I care for you!
Our fingers clasping feel so right to me
clearly telling me: it's true,
you care for me!
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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-01
Line count: 19
Word count: 100