Quartett | Dunkler Lichtglanz, blinder Blick

Translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Vista ciega, luz oscura

Language: Spanish (Español)

Vista ciega, luz oscura,
gloria triste, vida muerta,
ventura de desventura,
lloro alegre, risa incierta:
hiel sabrosa, dulce agrura,
paz con ira y saña presta
es amor, con vestidura
de gloria que pena cuesta.

Text Authorship:

by Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (d. c1498), "Vista ciega, luz oscura"

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Quartett

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Dunkler Lichtglanz, blinder Blick,
Todtes Leben, Lust und Plage,
Glück erfüllt von Mißgeschick,
Trübes Lachen, frohe Klage,
Süße Galle, holde Pein,
Fried' und Krieg in einem Herzen,
Das kannst, Liebe, du nur sein,
Mit der Lust erkauft durch Schmerzen.

Liebe, das kannst du nur sein!
Liebe, das kannst du nur sein,
dunkler Lichtglanz, blinder Blick,
totes Leben, Lust voll Plage,
das kannst, Liebe, du nur sein!

Note that in Schumann's song, the change in line 2 ("voll" to "und") is changed back in the repetition.

Composition:

Robert Schumann

Spanische Liebeslieder

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Volkslieder und Romanzen der Spanier in Versmasse des Originals verdeutscht, in Lieder, no. 16, first published 1843

Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (d. c1498), "Vista ciega, luz oscura"
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