Schwarze Augen

Ach, in dem funklenden,
träumerisch dunkelnden
Aug' meiner Holden,
Da lacht mir die herzliche
Liebe entgegen
In freudiger Gluht,
Winkt mir die Sehnsucht,
Die bange, die schmerzliche,
Und doch in schwellendem,
Quellendem Muth.
 
Und in dem lebenden,
Wonnig erbebenden
Bild ihrer Augen,
Dem wundergestaltigen,
Lern ich den Zauber
Der Liebe verstehn;
Wie in der Freude,
Der frischen, gewaltigen,
So in dem Schmerz
Und unendlichen Weh'n.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

• by Sebastian Longard (1817 - 187?92), "Schwarze Augen" [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Johanna Kinkel, née Mockel (1810 - 1858), "Schwarze Augen", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder für eine tiefe Stimme) no. 2 (1844), published 1847. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Anja Bunzel) , title 1: "Dark eyes", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2007-10-04.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:22
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