Song of the Beloved Eyes | Eyes, worth my suffering

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by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938)

Translation © by Laura Prichard, Jeffrey Tang

Lied de los ojos amados

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Ojos dignos de sufrir
Por lo inmensos en querer,
Bajo el glorioso deber
De adorar hasta morir.

Ojos nunca tan amados
Como al implorar rendidos.
Ojos nunca más queridos
Que si se entregan llorados.

Pero aunque dicha sin par
Den así a mi alma doliente,
Amor, amor inclemente,
Nunca los hagas llorar.

Text Authorship:

by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938), "Lied de los ojos amados", appears in Romancero, in Los trece lieders, no. 5, first published 1924 [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 Gilardo Gilardi (1889 - 1963), "Lied de los ojos amados", 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Trece Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Victor Pasqés (1896 - 1961), "Lied de los ojos amados" [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Seis Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) (Jeffrey Tang) , "Song of the Beloved Eyes", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

Song of the Beloved Eyes

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Eyes, worth [my] suffering
From the immensity of wanting [you],
[I will do my] glorious duty
Of worshiping [them] until [my] death.

Eyes never so beloved
As when surrendering [to my] imploring.
Eyes that have never been more desirable 
Than when succumbing to tears.

But even if unparalleled bliss
Is given to my aching soul,
Love, tumultuous love,
Will never make those eyes weep.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938), "Lied de los ojos amados", appears in Romancero, in Los trece lieders, no. 5, first published 1924
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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 64