Song of eyes | Sweet eyes, clear springs!

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Augenlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Süße Augen, klare Bronnen!
Meine Qual und Seligkeit
Ist fürwahr aus euch [geronnen]¹,
Und mein Dichten euch geweiht.

  Wo ich weile,
  [Wie]² ich eile,
Liebend strahlet ihr mich an;
  Ihr erleuchtet
  Ihr befeuchtet
Mir mit Thränen meine Bahn.

Treue Sterne schwindet nimmer,
Leitet mich zum Acheron!
Und mit eurem letzten Schimmer
Sey mein Leben auch entflohn.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 59.

¹ Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "gewonnen"
² Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Wo"

Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Augenlied" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Augenlied", D 297 (1817?), published 1850 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó dels ulls", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ogenlied", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Song of eyes", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant des yeux", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone degli occhi", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 56

Song of eyes

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Sweet eyes, clear springs!
My anguish and my bliss
both derive from you;  
And to you my poem is dedicated.

Wherever I tarry, 
however I hurry,
You beam upon me lovingly;
You illuminate, 
you moisten
with tears my path.

Faithful stars, never disappear,
Conduct me [all the way] to Acheron!
And with your final glimmer
May my life expire.

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Augenlied"

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 59