Tes yeux sont bien de velours et de soie

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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Augen dein sind wohl von Samt und...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Die Augen dein sind wohl von Samt und Seiden,
Doch harter, harter Kiesel ist dein Herz,
Fühlt nichts von Liebeslust und Liebesleiden,
Ein starres, dickes, rundes Klümpchen Erz.
Schämst du dich nicht, wenn alles liebt und freit,
Ein Marmelsteinchen in der Brust zu tragen?
Ein Schleuderchen, womit in alter Zeit
David den Riesen Goliath totgeschlagen?

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Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 54 [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 Gunther Martin Göttsche (b. 1953), "Die Augen dein sind wohl von Samt und Seide", published 1999 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Ricarda Huch, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

Tes yeux sont bien de velours et de soie

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Tes yeux sont bien de velours et de soie,
Mais ton cœur est un dur, dur caillou,
Qui ne sent rien des plaisirs et des peines d'amour,
Un petit morceau rond, dur, épais d'airain.
N'as-tu pas honte, quand tout aime et se marie,
De porter en ta poitrine un morceau de marbre ?
Une petite fronde, avec laquelle aux temps anciens
David a frappé à mort le géant Goliath ?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 54
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 68