Ojos garzos ha la niña, quien gelos 'namoraría! Son tan bellos y tan vivos que á todos tienen cautívos, mas muéstralos tan esquivos que roban el alegría. Roban el placer y gloria, los sentidos y memoria, de todo llevan victoria con su gentil galanía. Con su gentil gentileza ponen fé con mas firmeza, hacen vivir en tristeza al que alegre ser solía. No hay ninguno que los vea que su cautivo no sea, todo el mundo los desea contemplar noche y día. Ojos garzos ha la niña, quien gelos 'namoraría!
Text Authorship:
- by Juan del Encina (1468 - 1529?), "Ojos garzos ha la niña" [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):
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 41 ; composed by Albert Levinsohn, Otto Valdemar Malling, Robert Schumann.
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Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen, Wer verliebte sich nicht drein! Sind so reizend zum Entzücken, Daß sie jedes Herz bestricken, Wissen doch so stolz zu blicken, Daß sie schaffen eitel Pein! Machen Ruh' und Wohlbefinden, Sinnen und Erinnrung schwinden, Wissen stets zu überwinden Mit dem spielend süßen Schein; Mit dem spielend süßen Scheine Fesseln sie die Treu' alleine, Schaffen, daß in Kummer weine, Wer da fröhlich pflag zu sein. Keiner, der geschaut ihr Prangen, Ist noch ihrem Netz entgangen, Alle Welt begehrt zu hangen Tag und Nacht an ihrem Schein. Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen, Wer verliebte sich nicht drein!
R. Schumann sets stanzas 1-3, 5-6
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1852, pages 79-80
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 41 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Juan del Encina (1468 - 1529?), "Ojos garzos ha la niña"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Valdemar Malling (1848 - 1915), "Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen", op. 26 no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Spanische Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte , no. 4, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Duett", op. posth. 138 no. 9 (1849), published 1857, stanzas 1-3,5-6 [ tenor, bass, and piano duet ], from Spanische Liebeslieder, no. 9, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Duet 'Blauwe ogen heeft het meisje'", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La fille a les yeux bleus", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "A menina tem olhos azuis", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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