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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.
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]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2018-07-04 09:15:13
Line count: 14
Word count: 56
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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Augenlied"
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2017-07-16 13:10:23
Line count: 14
Word count: 59