by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Über meines Liebchens Äugeln Stehn verwundert alle Leute; Ich, der Wissende, dagegen Weiß recht gut was das bedeute. Denn es heißt: ich liebe diesen, Und nicht etwa den und jenen. Lasset nur ihr guten Leute Euer Wundern, euer Sehnen! Ja, mit ungeheuren Mächten Blicket sie wohl in die Runde; Doch sie sucht nur zu verkünden Ihm die nächste süße Stunde.
Note: line 1 begins in this edition with "Ueber", but we've changed it to the umlauted form to match the spelling of the lower-case versions.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Geheimes", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, D 719 (1821), published 1822 [ voice and piano ], Cappi und Diabelli, VN 1163, Wien
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Geheimes", written 1814, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 3. Buch der Liebe -- Uschk Nameh, first published 1819
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geheim", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Gordon) , "Secret", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Secret", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , "Il segreto", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Segreto", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: David Gordon , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60