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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 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 zwei Fünklein sieht sie glimmend stehn
Wie zwei Sternlein, innerlich zu sehn,
Bis sie schwanken und dann auch vergehn
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?

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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.


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  • by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Abendlied" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]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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