Your face so lovable and fair

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

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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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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Your face so lovable and fair

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Your face so lovable and fair:
I saw it recently in a dream.
It is so mild and angelic,
and yet so pale, so pale with pain!

And only your lips are red;
but soon Death will kiss them pale.
Out will go the heavenly light
that reflects out from your innocent eyes.

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Translations of titles
"Dein Angesicht" = "Your face"
"Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön" = "Your face so lovable and fair"
"Im Traumbild" = "In a dream image"
"Liebchens Angesicht" = "Darling's face"

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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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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