You dear eyes, would you submerge yourselves

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by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Perlenfischer

(Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Du liebes Auge, willst dich tauchen,
In meines Augs geheimster Tiefe,
Zu späh'n, wo in blauen Gründen
Verborgen eine Perle schliefe?

Du liebes Auge, tauche nieder,
Und in die klare Tiefe dringe
Und lächle, wenn ich dir dies Bild
Als schönste Perle wiederbringe.

Composition:

Hugo Wolf

Text Authorship:

by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Perlenfischer"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pêcheur de perles", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

Pearl fishers

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You dear eyes, would you submerge yourselves
Into the most secret depths of my eyes,
To espy, where in blue seabeds
A pearl sleeps concealed?

You dear eyes, plunge down,
And penetrate into the clear depths,
And smile when I return to you
this image as the most beautiful pearl.

Translations of title(s):
"Du liebes Auge willst dich tauchen" = "You dear eyes, would you submerge yourself"
"Du liebes Auge" = "You dear eyes"
"Perlenfischer" = "Pearl fishers"

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