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by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Niemals hat von seinem Sehnen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Niemals hat von seinem Sehnen 
Er ein Wörtlein mir gesprochen, 
Und doch schau' ich seine Blicke, 
Und doch hör' sein Herz ich pochen.

Aber wenn in stillen Nächten 
Seine Klänge zu mir schweben, 
Dann erschließt er mir ein ganzes 
Reiches, großes Liebesleben.

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Confirmed with Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, Aus Heimat und Fremde. Lieder und Gedichte, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1892, page 25.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Aus Heimat und Fremde, in Trompeterlieder, in Lieder Margaretas, no. 2 [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 Friedrich [Fritz] Kirchner (1840 - 1907), "Niemals hat von seinem Sehnen", published 1900 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Zwei neue Lieder Margaretha's aus dem Nachlass V. von Scheffel's für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "About his yearning he never", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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About his yearning he never

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

About his yearning he never
Spoke a word to me,
And yet I see his gazes,
And yet I hear his heart pounding.

But when in quiet nights
His tones waft to me,
Then he opens for me an entire
Rich, great life of love.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Aus Heimat und Fremde, in Trompeterlieder, in Lieder Margaretas, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 45