English translations of Zwei Lieder, opus 8

by Friedrich Wilhelm Sering (1822 - 1901)

1. Die schönen Augen  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Wilhelm Sering (1822 - 1901), "Die schönen Augen", op. 8 no. 2
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Die schönen Augen der Frühlingsnacht,
[Sie schauen]1 so tröstend [nieder]2:
Hat dich die Liebe so kleinlich gemacht,
Die Liebe, sie hebt dich wieder.

  Auf grüner Linde sitzt und singt
Die süße Philomele;
Wie mir das Lied zur Seele dringt,
So dehnt sich wieder die Seele.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 240.

1 Hanslick: "Schauen"
2 Hanslick: "hernieder"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. Beauteous Eyes
Language: English 
The beauteous eyes of a spring night
look so consolingly below upon thee.
Love, that has acted so shabbily with thee,
yet again holds thee in thrall.

Sweet Philomela perches and sings
upon the green linden branches.
My soul blossoms forth with new vigor
once her song enters within.

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