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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)

Augen, meine lieben Fensterlein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Augen, meine lieben Fensterlein,
Gebt mir schon so lange [holden]1 Schein,
Lasset freundlich Bild um Bild herein:
Einmal werdet ihr verdunkelt sein!

Fallen einst die müden Lider zu,
Löscht ihr aus, dann hat die Seele Ruh';
Tastend streift sie ab die Wanderschuh',
Legt sich auch in ihre finstre Truh'.

[Noch]2 zwei Fünklein sieht sie glimmend stehn
Wie zwei Sternlein, innerlich zu sehn,
Bis sie schwanken [und dann auch vergehn]3
Wie von eines Falters Flügelwehn.

Doch noch wandl' ich auf dem Abendfeld,
Nur dem sinkenden Gestirn gesellt:
Trinkt, o Augen, was die Wimper hält,
Von dem goldnen Überfluß der Welt!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Marx •   L. Thuille 

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Gedichte von Gottfried Keller, Erster Band, J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, Stuttgart und Berlin, 1902, page 43.

1 Thuille: "hellen"
2 Thuille: "Nur"
3 Marx: "und vergehn"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Abendlied" [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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Abendlied", published 1899 [ soprano or tenor and Mason-Hamlin harmonium ], from [Sechs] Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Mason und Hamlin-Harmonium, no. 1, Berlin, Koeppen. (Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel.) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Kempff (1895 - 1991), "Abendlied", op. 7 no. 1 (1917) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Kögel , "Abendlied", op. 7 (Sechs Gedichte von Gottfried Keller für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich "Fritz" Wolfgang Lessauer (1874 - 1937), "Augen, meine lieben Fensterlein", op. 35 (4 Gedichte von Gottfried Keller) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Abendlied" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Abendlied", op. 55 no. 12 (1941-3) [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Unter Sternen: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Gottfried Keller, no. 12, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Abendlied", op. 65 no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Suter (1870 - 1926), "Abendlied", op. 8a [ low voice, violin, cello, and organ ; or high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Abendlied", op. 32 (Drei Lieder für tiefe Singstimme) no. 3, published 1905 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Augen, meine lieben Fensterlein", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder auf Gedichte von Gottfried Keller) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Abendlied", op. 42 (Drei Abendlieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Evening song", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant du soir", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Caroline Diehl

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 102

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