(Please Note: the following translation is © 2000 Bradley A. Slocum and is presented here only for examination by potential purchasers of the SMB edition in which it appears, along with the original German text.)

English Singing Translation of:

Johannes Brahms: Wisst ihr?, Opus 103, No. 3 (SMB #122)

(Do you know?; text by Conrat, from the Hungarian)

Do you know my love is most beautiful to me when his [her] soft, sweet mouth gives kisses, jokes and laughs? My dear boy [girl], you are mine, fervently kissing you, you were made by loving heaven only now for me! Do you know my love is most likeable to me when I'm in his [her] strong [soft] arms and when I'm close to him [her]? Lover dear, you are mine, fervently kissing you, you were made by loving heaven only now for me!

(Approx. performance timing: 1:44)

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