by Ignaz Heinrich Freiherr von Wessenberg (1774 - 1860)
Das Geheimnis
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wo blüht das Blümchen, das nie verblüht? Wo strahlt das Sternlein, das ewig glüht? Dein Mund, o Muse! dein heil'ger Mund Tu' mir das Blümchen und Sternlein kund. "Verkünden kann es dir nicht mein Mund, Macht es dein Innerstes dir nicht kund! Im Innersten glühet und blüht es zart, Wohl jedem, der es getreu bewahrt!"
Confirmed with Ignaz Heinrich Freiherr von Wessenberg, Neue Gedichte, Constanz: M. Wallis, 1826, page 321.
Text Authorship:
- by Ignaz Heinrich Freiherr von Wessenberg (1774 - 1860), "Das Geheimniß", subtitle: "Liebe und Wahrheit", appears in Neue Gedichte, Constanz: M. Wallis, first published 1826 [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Das Geheimnis", WoO. 145 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het geheim", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The secret", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le secret", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Pilar Lirio , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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