Both my eyes, come, close and cover | Both my eyes, come, close and cover

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by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

An dich

(Sung text for setting by S. Karg-Elert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE

Schliess mir du die Augen beide
mit den lieben Händen zu;
geht doch alles, was ich leide,
unter deiner Hand zur Ruh.
Und wie leise sich der Schmerz
Well' um Welle schlafen leget,
wenn der letzte Schlag sich reget,
füllest du mein ganzes Herz.

Composition:

Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Text Authorship:

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Schließe mir die Augen beide"

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "Close both my eyes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Elisabeth Siekhaus) , "Close both my eyes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Both my eyes, come, close and cover", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Florence Z. Marshall) , "Come and close my aching eyelids"
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2012
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ferme-moi les deux yeux", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

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

Both my eyes, come, close and cover

(Sung text translation for setting by S. Karg-Elert)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Both my eyes, come, close and cover
with your dear and loving hands;
every ache from which I suffer
under them calms down and ends.
And as gently pain and smart,
wave by wave have been submerging,
as the final throb is surging,
then you flow through all my heart.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Schließe mir die Augen beide"
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 50