Ton visage si cher et si beau

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön,
Das hab' ich jüngst im Traum gesehn,
Es ist so mild und engelgleich,
Und doch so bleich, so schmerzenbleich.

Und nur die Lippen, die sind rot;
Bald aber küßt sie bleich der Tod.
Erlöschen wird das Himmelslicht,
Das aus den frommen Augen bricht.

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• R. Schumann

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 114.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 5, from Winterzyklus, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Ton visage si cher et si beau

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

Ton visage si cher et si beau,
Je l'ai vu récemment en rêve,
Il est si doux et angélique,
Et pourtant si pâle, douloureusement pâle.

Et seules tes lèvres sont rouges ;
Mais bientôt elles pâliront sous le baiser de la mort.
Elle s'éteindra, la lumière céleste
Qui jaillit de tes yeux innocents.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 5, from Winterzyklus, no. 4
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