by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Saphire sind die Augen dein
 (Sung text for setting by F. Allitsen)
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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.

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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.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4 of the original text.

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

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 Your eyes are sapphires,
 so lovely, so sweet.
 Oh, lucky three times over is the man
 whom they greet with love.

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 Your lips are rubies -
 one can not see anything finer.
 Oh lucky three times over is the man,
 to whom they avow love.

 Oh, if only I knew this lucky man,
 ah, if only I could find him -
 one moment alone with him in the green wood
 and his luck would soon be at an end.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 100