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Was will in deinen Augen mir [dies]1 dunkelvolle, fremde Weh, so still und sehr? so tief und schwer wie Stürme, die Ruhe suchten im Schooß der grauen See. Versinken will, versinken mir in dieser Augen tiefen Schooß mein Herz -- und will wie Du so still, so wild an Dein Herz schlagen, dann brechen die Stürme los! Und will dich wiegen so mit mir in rasender, lachender Seligkeit auf freiem Meer! bis tief und sehr die Herzen wieder ruhen, ruhen vom Sturm und [Leid]2.
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Lebensblätter: Gedichte und Anderes, Berlin, Verlag der Genossenschaft PAN, 1895, page 55.
1 Zemlinsky: "das"2 Zemlinsky: "Streit"
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Meeraugen", appears in Lebensblätter [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 Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Meeraugen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Meeraugen", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1900?), published 1901 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Hans Heinz Scholtys.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les yeux de la mer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 86
Que me veut dans tes yeux Ce mal étrange et sombre, Si calme et si intense Si profond et si lourd ? Pareil aux tempêtes cherchant le repos Au sein de la mer grise. Il veut, il veut noyer Au sein de ces yeux profonds, Mon cœur - et veut Quand tu es si calme, Frapper sauvagement à ton cœur, Et puis déchaîner la tempête ! Et veut alors te bercer avec moi Dans une fulgurante et riante félicité, Sur la haute mer ! Jusqu'à ce que profondément et intensément, Nos cœurs à nouveau se reposent, Se reposent de la tempête et [de la douleur]1.
1 Zemlinsky: "du combat"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Meeraugen", appears in Lebensblätter
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 103