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by Johann Christian Günther (1695 - 1723)

Geheime Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT FRE ITA
Was ich in Gedanken küsse,
Macht mir Müh' und Leben süße
Und vertreibt so Gram als Zeit.
Niemand soll es auch erfahren,
Niemand will ich's offenbaren,
Als der stummen Einsamkeit.

Sollte mich mein Wunsch betrügen,
Find' ich dennoch mein Vergnügen
Und die größte Lust daran,
Daß ich nach der Klugen Lehre
Dieses Bild geheim verehre,
Daß ich nicht besitzen kann.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Christian Günther (1695 - 1723), appears in Weltliche Oden oder Lieder [author's text not yet checked 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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Geheime Liebe", K. 150 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Geheime Liebe", K. 125e [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geheime liefde", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amour secret", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Amore segreto", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

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