The discreet ones | I am happy, it is announced out loud here

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by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864)

Translation © by Judith Kellock

Die Verschwiegenen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Ich habe wohl, es sei hier laut
Vor aller Welt verkündigt,
Gar vielen heimlich anvertraut,
Was du an mir [gesündigt.]¹

Ich sagt's dem ganzen Blumenheer,
Dem Veilchen sagt' ich's stille,
Der Rose laut und lauter der
Großäugigen Kamille.

Doch hat's dabei noch keine Not,
Bleib' munter nur und heiter,
Die es gewußt, sind alle tot,
Und sagen's nicht mehr weiter.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Strauss

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¹ Strauss: "gesündigt;"

Text Authorship:

by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Die Verschwiegenen", appears in Die letzten Blätter [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Die Verschwiegenen", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els callats", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De verzwegenen", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Judith Kellock) , "The discreet ones", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les discrets", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Confidenti discreti", copyright © 2014, (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: 12
Word count: 60

The discreet ones

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I am happy, it is announced out loud here
to the whole world,
what was confided to many in private,
what you have done to me;

I've said it to the whole army of the flowers,
To the violet, I said it softly,
To the rose, loudly.
Even louder to the great-eyed camomile.

And so, I have no more distress,
I remain only bright and cheerful,
For those who knew it are all dead,
And will say nothing further.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Die Verschwiegenen", appears in Die letzten Blätter
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79