Your eyes | Since I have been permitted to immerse my eyes in yours completely

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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Dein Auge

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Seit ganz mein Aug' ich durft' in deines tauchen,
  Auf ewig schlöss' ich's gern: -- ich sah genug:
Kein Erdenschatte sollte mehr behauchen
  Den Spiegel, der das Bild des Himmels trug. --

Confirmed with Gedichte von Felix Dahn, Zweite Sammlung, Dritte, durchgesehene und verbesserte Auflage, Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel, 1883, p. 281.

Text Authorship:

by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), "Dein Auge", appears in Aus der Jugendzeit, in Junge Liebe [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "Dein Auge", op. 19 (Vier Lieder für mittlere Stimme) no. 3, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Milcke , "Dein Auge", op. 9 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Dein Auge", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1899), published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], München, Aibl Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els teus ulls", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Your eyes", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tes yeux", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 31

Your eyes

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Since I have been permitted to immerse my eyes in yours completely,
  I would gladly close mine forever: -- I saw enough:
No earthly shadows should henceforth mist
  The mirror that bore the image of heaven. --

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), "Dein Auge", appears in Aus der Jugendzeit, in Junge Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-12
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Word count: 36