by Francis William Bourdillon (1852 - 1921)
Translation by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

The night has a thousand eyes
Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
The night has a thousand eyes,
 And the day but one;
Yet the light of the [world]1 dies
 With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
 And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
 When love is done.

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Confirmed with Francis William Bourdillon, Among the Flowers, London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1878, page 101.

1 Foote, Venables: "bright world"

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Viel tausend Augen hat die Nacht", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Ночь смотрит тысячами глаз,
  А день глядит одним;
Но солнца нет - и по земле
  Тьма стелется, как дым. 

Ум смотрит тысячами глаз,
  Любовь глядит одним;
Но нет любви - и гаснет жизнь,
  И дни плывут, как дым.

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