Sparkling eye; you, my sun

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by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloßsohn

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Leuchtendes Auge, Du meine Sonne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Leuchtendes Auge, Du meine Sonne, 
Du meines Lebens strahlende Pracht, 
Engel des Himmels, Lust mir und Wonne, 
Stern, der mich freundlich hat angelacht! 
Meine Marie, ich gesteh' es Dir leis', 
Wie ich Dich liebe, [glühend]¹ und heiß. 

Könnt' ich ein Wort Deiner Liebe erhalten, 
Das mir Dein purpurner Mund gesteht; 
Rose der Liebe, [willst]² Du Dich entfalten, 
Eh' noch der Glanz meines Daseins [vergeht.]³  --  
Wie ist so nachtumhüllt doch mein Geschick!  
Gönne, Marie, mir nur einen Blick!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Abt

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Confirmed with Karl Reginald Herloß, Buch der Liebe, Leipzig: Fest'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1842, page 136.

¹ Abt: "so glühend"
² Abt: "wirst"
³ Abt: "verweht?"

Text Authorship:

by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloßsohn, "Maria", appears in Buch der Liebe [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), "Marie", op. 39 no. 6, published 1846, from 7 Lieder aus dem Buche der Liebe, von C. Herlosssohn, no. 6, Stuttgart : Göpel [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-06-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

Sparkling eye; you, my sun

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Sparkling eye; you, my sun,
You, the gleaming glory of my life,
Angel of heaven, my joy and bliss,
Star that bestows its friendly smile upon me!
My Marie, I quietly place before you
How I love you with such ardent warmth.

If I could but hear a word of your love,
Confessed to me from your blushing mouth;
Rose of love, I would wish to see you blossom
Before my fleeting existence has passed.
How veiled by the night is my fate!
Allow me, Marie, but a single glance!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloßsohn, "Maria", appears in Buch der Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 90