by
Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
Nicht sing ich Lieder laut und hell
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Nicht sing' ich Lieder laut und hell,
Mein Lieb, weil wir belauscht;
Du aber fühlst den Liederquell,
Der mir im Herzen rauscht.
Und jeder Tropfen, der da quillt,
Ist Wonne, Lieb und Lust,
Die fluthend all' hinüberschwillt
Mein Lieb in Deine Brust.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, Eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 99.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I do not sing songs loudly and brightly", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I do not sing songs loudly and brightly
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I do not sing songs loudly and brightly,
My love, because we are being eavesdropped on;
But you feel the wellspring of songs
That surges in my heart.
And every drop that wells up there
Is bliss, love and joy,
And in a flood all of them, my love,
Flow over into your bosom.
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