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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Saphire sind die Augen dein
 (Sung text for setting by F. Allitsen)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Saphire sind die Augen dein,
Die lieblichen, die süßen.
O, dreimal glücklich ist der Mann,
Den sie mit Liebe grüßen.

 ... 

Rubinen sind die Lippen dein,
Man kann nicht schönre sehen.
O, dreimal glücklich ist der Mann,
Dem Liebe sie gestehen.

O, kennt ich nur den glücklichen Mann,
O, daß ich ihn nur fände,
So recht allein im grünen Wald --
Sein Glück hätt' bald ein Ende.

Composition:

    Set to music by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Saphire sind die Augen dein", published 1892, stanzas 1,3-4 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Eight Songs [later reissued as Eight Songs from Poems by Heine], no. 2, London, R. Cocks, also set in English

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 56

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Your eyes are sapphires", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

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