Little blue-eyes | In your shining robe you are

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by Eduard Ernst Heinrich Kauffer (1824 - 1874)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Blau‑Äugelein

(Sung text for setting by F. Abt)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Du bist im Strahlenkleide
Die Sonne, lieb und mild,
Du bist auf grüner Heide
Ein schön Madonnenbild.
Der lichte Schein des Goldes
Erglänzt in deinem Haar . . .
Blau-Äugelein, du holdes,
O schütz mich immerdar!
 
Ich sinke vor dir nieder
Voll sehnender Begier
Und jedes meiner Lieder
Ist ein Gebet zu dir,
Ein Flehen nur, ein scheues,
Um Rettung aus Gefahr . . .
Blau-Äugelein, du treues,
O schütz mich immerdar.
 
O diese Augen beide
So mild, so fromm, so gut,
Darüber das Geschmeide
Der zarten Wimper ruht,
Sie sind voll lieben Scheines
Das schönste Sternenpaar . . .
Blau-Äugelein, du reines,
O schütz mich immerdar.

Composition:

Franz Wilhelm Abt

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Ernst Heinrich Kauffer (1824 - 1874), "Blauäugelein"

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Little blue-eyes", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 113

Little blue‑eyes

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Abt)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In your shining robe you are
The sun, lovely and gentle,
Upon the green heath you are
A beautiful image of the Madonna.
The bright radiance of gold
Shines in your hair . . .
Little blue-eyes, you lovely one,
Oh protect me always!
 
I sink down before you
Full of yearning desire
And every one of my songs
Is a prayer to you,
Only a pleading, a shy plea
For rescue from danger . . .
Little blue-eyes, you faithful one,
Oh protect me always.
 
Oh these two eyes,
So gentle, so pious, so good,
Over which the jewelled tracery
Of delicate lashes rests;
These eyes, full of lovely radiance,
Are the most beautiful pair of stars . . .
Little blue-eyes, you pure one,
Oh protect me always.

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