O do not say | O do not say, o do not say

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by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

O sage nicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O sage nicht, o sage nicht
dass Lieben wie ein Traum vergeht,
Und fühlst du nicht, dass unser Glück
In allen Lüften weht,
Auf allen Wassern ruht,
Aus allen Sonnen blinkt,
Aus allen Sternen strahlt,
Und einst mit uns in's ew'ge sinkt.

Text Authorship:

by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938) [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 Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "O sage nicht" [voice and piano] [
text verified 1 time
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O do not say

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

O do not say, o do not say
That Love dies away like a dream;
for do you not feel that our happiness
wafts in all the air,
rests on all the water,
shines in all the sun,
gleams from all the stars,
and will sink with us someday into Eternity?

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