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[Myrtil]1, wenn deine Lippen mich berühren, [Dann]2 will die Lust die Seele mir entführen; Ich [fühl' ein sanftes]3 namenloses Beben Den Busen heben. Mein Auge flammt, Gluth schwebt auf meinen Wangen, Es schlägt mein Herz ein unbekannt Verlangen, Mein Geist, verirrt in trunkner Lippen Stammeln Kann kaum sich sammeln. Mein Leben hängt in einer solchen Stunde An Deinem süßen rosenweichen Munde, Und will bei deinem trauten Armumfassen Mich fast verlassen. O! daß es doch nicht ausser sich kann fliehen, Die Seele ganz in [deine]4 Seele glühen! Daß doch die Lippen, die [voll]5 Sehnsucht brennen Sich müssen trennen! Daß doch im Kuß mein Wesen nicht zerfliesset Wenn es so fest an deinen Mund sich schliesset, Und an dein Herz, das [nimmer]6 laut darf wagen Für mich zu schlagen!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von C. L. v. Klenke, geb. Karschin. Berlin, 1788, pages 193-194.
Note: First published anonymously in a different version in Iris. Dritter Band. Düsseldorf 1775, see below.
1 Schubert: "O du"2 Schubert: "So"
3 Schubert: "fühle tief ein"
4 Schubert: "deiner"
5 Schubert: "vor"
6 Schubert: "niemals"
Text Authorship:
- by Karoline Louise von Klenke (1754 - 1802), "An Myrtil", first published 1775 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Heimliches Lieben", op. 106 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 922 (1827), published 1828 [ voice, piano ], Lithographisches Institut, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Ludwig Abeille, Philipp Christoph Kayser.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Gordon) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (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.
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Word count: 127
Oh, quand tes lèvres me touchent, Alors le plaisir transporte mon âme, Je sens profondément un frémissement sans nom Qui soulève ma poitrine. Mes yeux flambent, le feu flotte sur mes joues ; Mon cœur bat d'un désir inconnu ; Mon esprit, perdu dans le bégaiement de mes lèvres ivres Peut à peine se reprendre. Ma vie est suspendue dans un tel moment À ta douce bouche, suave comme une rose, Et dans tes tendres embrassements Je voudrais presque mourir. Oh ! mais je ne peux pas m'échapper, Toute mon âme est en feu dans ton âme ! Les lèvres qui brûlent de désir Doivent se séparer ! Que mon être ne puisse pas se fondre en baisers Quand il se presse si fort contre ta bouche, Et sur ton cœur, qui pourrait ne jamais oser Battre pour moi !
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Translation of title "Heimliches Lieben" = "Amour secret"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karoline Louise von Klenke (1754 - 1802), "An Myrtil", first published 1775
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-24
Line count: 20
Word count: 135