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by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten,
Die Seligkeit, die uns erfüllt?
Nein, bis in seine tiefsten Falten
Sei Allen unser Herz enthüllt!

Wenn Zwei in Liebe sich gefunden,
Geht Jubel hin durch die Natur,
In längern wonnevollen Stunden
Legt sich der Tag auf Wald und Flur.

Selbst aus der Eiche morschem Stamm,
Die ein Jahrtausend überlebt,
Steigt neu des Wipfels grüne Flamme
Und rauscht von Jugendlust durchbebt.

Zu höherm Glanz und Dufte brechen
Die Knospen auf beim Glück der Zwei,
Und süßer rauscht es in den Bächen,
Und reicher blüht und [glänzt]1 der Mai.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Strauss 

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen Adolf Friedrich von Schack. In sechs Bänden. Vierter Band. Lotosblätter. -- Die Plejaden. -- Weihgesänge, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1883, pages 57-58.

1 Strauss: "reicher glänzt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Lotosblätter, in 4. Verwehte Blätter, no. 5 [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 B. von Kettler , "Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from [Sechs] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Reichmann , "Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten", published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder aus "Lotosblätter" von Aldolf Friedrich Graf von Schack) no. 4 (1887-1888), published 1888 [ high voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Com hauríem de mantenir en secret", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hoe kunnen wij maar steeds verbergen", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lawrence Snyder , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95

Comment pourrions‑nous tenir secrète
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Comment pourrions-nous tenir secrète
La félicité qui nous emplit ?
Non, que notre cœur soit dévoilé à tous,
Jusque dans ses plis les plus profonds !

Lorsqu'un couple se trouve dans l'amour,
La nature déborde de joie,
Et le jour s'étend  sur les forêts et les champs
Pendant de longues heures emplies de bonheur.

Même dans le tronc moussu du chêne
Qui a survécu un millénaire,
La verte flamme monte encore vers la cime,
Bruissante, tremblante d'un plaisir juvénile.

Devant le bonheur du couple, les bourgeons
Éclatent dans une profusion d'éclat et de parfums,
Et les ruisseaux chantent plus doucement,
Et mai fleurit et brille plus richement.

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Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Lotosblätter, in 4. Verwehte Blätter, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 105

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