All mein Wirken, all mein Leben

All mein Wirken, all mein Leben,
Strebt nach dir Verehrte hin!
Alle meine Sinne weben
Mir dein Bild o Zauberinn!
Du entflammest meinen Busen
Zu der Leyer Harmonie,
Du begeisterst mehr als Musen
Und entzückest mehr als sie. - -
Ach dein blaues Auge strahlet
Durch den Sturm der Seele mild,
Und dein süßes Lächeln mahlet
Rosig mir der Zukunft Bild.
Herrlich schmückt des Himmels Gränzen
Zwar [Aurorens]1 Purpurlicht,
Aber lieblicheres Glänzen
Uiberdeckt dein Angesicht,
Wenn mit wonnetrunknen Blicken
Ach! und unaussprechlich schön,
Meine Augen voll Entzücken
Purpurn dich erröthen sehn.

Translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Erstlinge unserer einsamen Stunden von einer Gesellschaft, Zweytes Bändchen. Prag, gedruckt bey Johann Diesbach, 1792, page 25. Note: this source shows no stanza breaks.

Authorship

• by Bernhard Ambros Ehrlich (1765? - 1827), "Als ich Sie erröthen sah", first published 1792 [ 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Als ich sie erröten sah", D. 153 (1815). [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Toen ik haar zag blozen", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "When I saw her blush", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Quand je la vis rougir", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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When I saw her blush

 All my efforts, all my life
 strives after you, admired one!
 All my senses weave
 for me your image, o magic one!
 
 You inflame my bosom
 to the harmonies of the lyre,
 you inspire more than the muses
 and delight me more than they!
 
 Ah, your blue eye radiates mildly
 through the storm of my soul,
 and your sweet smile paints
 a rosy future image for me.
 
 Magnificently adorned are the limits of heaven
 with Aurora's purple light,
 but a lovelier shine
 covers your face,
 
 when with blissful, intoxicated glances
 ah, and unspeakably fair,
 my eyes, full of delight,
 see you blush with a purple tinge.

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Bernhard Ambros Ehrlich (1765? - 1827), "Als ich Sie erröthen sah", first published 1792 CAT DUT FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Franz Peter Schubert. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.