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Du bist im Strahlenkleide Die Sonne, lieb und mild, Du bist auf grüner Heide Ein schön Madonnenbild. Der lichte Schein des Goldes Erglänzt in deinem Haar . . . [Blauäugelein]1, du holdes, O schütz mich immerdar! Ich sinke vor dir nieder Voll sehnender Begier Und jedes meiner Lieder Ist ein Gebet zu dir, Ein Flehen nur, ein scheues, Um Rettung aus Gefahr . . . [Blauäugelein]1, du treues, O schütz mich immerdar. O diese Augen beide So mild, so fromm, so gut, Darüber das Geschmeide Der zarten Wimper ruht, Sie sind voll lieben Scheines Das schönste Sternenpaar . . . [Blauäugelein]1, du reines, O schütz mich immerdar.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Eduard Kauffer, Leipzig: Theodor Thomas, 1850, pages 5-6
1 Abt: "Blau-Äugelein"Authorship:
- by Eduard Ernst Heinrich Kauffer (1824 - 1874), "Blauäugelein" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Blau-Äugelein", op. 158 (4 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1858 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Hirsch (1858 - 1918), "Blauäugelein", op. 31 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1890 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Jungmann , "Blauäugelein", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1851 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Rollfuss (1837 - 1904), "Blauäugelein", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1859 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Blau Äugelein", op. 45, published 1885 [ men's chorus ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Little blue-eyes", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 107
In your shining robe you are The sun, lovely and gentle, Upon the green heath you are A beautiful image of the Madonna. The bright radiance of gold Shines in your hair . . . Little blue-eyes, you lovely one, Oh protect me always! I sink down before you Full of yearning desire And every one of my songs Is a prayer to you, Only a pleading, a shy plea For rescue from danger . . . Little blue-eyes, you faithful one, Oh protect me always. Oh these two eyes, So gentle, so pious, so good, Over which the jewelled tracery Of delicate lashes rests; These eyes, full of lovely radiance, Are the most beautiful pair of stars . . . Little blue-eyes, you pure one, Oh protect me always.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Ernst Heinrich Kauffer (1824 - 1874), "Blauäugelein"
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-17
Line count: 24
Word count: 130