The blue eyes of spring

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Duett

(Sung text for setting by P. von Decker)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

  Die blauen Frühlingsaugen
Schau'n aus dem Gras empor;
Das sind die lieben Veilchen,
Die ich zum Strauß erkor.

  Ich pflücke sie und denke,
Und die Gedanken all,
Die mir im Herzen seufzen,
Singt laut die Nachtigall.

  Und was ich denke, singt sie
Lautschmetternd, daß es schallt;
Mein zärtliches Geheimnis
Weiß schon der ganze Wald.

Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 243

Composition:

Pauline von Decker

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les yeux bleus du printemps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Gli occhi azzurri della primavera", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Duet

(Sung text translation for setting by P. von Decker)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  The blue eyes of spring 
Peep  from the grass;
Those are the dear violets
That I chose for a bouquet.

  I pick them and I ponder,
And all of the thoughts
That are sighing within my heart,
The nightingale sings them loudly.

   what I'm thinking, the nightingale sings
Like a loud clarion, so that it resounds;
My most tender secret
Is already known to the whole wood.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 13
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