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Sie weiß es nicht, wie ich mich wiege In Träumen von ihr, Und auf der Sehnsucht Schwingen fliege Wachend zu ihr, Und wie ich immer [flüstr']1 und kose Und rede mit ihr, Und stehen bleibe vor jeder Rose Als stünd' ich vor ihr; Wie all mein Sehnen, mein Verlangen Strebet nach ihr, Und Alles mir ist aufgegangen Einzig in ihr.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Buch der Liebe von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, 1836, page 15.
1 Kirchner: "flüstre"Authorship
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836 [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 Karl Anton Florian Eckert (1820 - 1879), "Sie weiss es nicht", op. 12 no. 2, published 1838 [ voice and piano ], from Album deutscher Lieder und Romanzen, no. 2, Berlin, Crantz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Sie weiß es nicht", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 3, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Sie weiss es nicht", op. 81 (Sieben Lieder) no. 4, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "She knows it not", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: John H. Campbell
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 60
She knows it not, as I sway, in reverie of her, and because of that longing soar, waking, to her, and as always I whisper and caress and talk to her, and remain standing before each rose, as though I stood before her; as all my longing, my desire strive after her, and everything in me is bound up only in her.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62