Your eyes are two suns

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by Heinrich Wenzel

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Deine Augen sind zwei Sonnen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   Deine Augen sind zwei Sonnen,
Strahlend in dem eignen Blau:
Deine Wangen sind zwei Rosen
Auf der morgenrothen Au!
 
   Deine Brust ist eine Lilie
In dem weißen Mondenlicht:
Und Dein Herz ist eine Blüthe,
Die gar süße Frucht verspricht!
 
   Und Du selbst bist Sonn' und Rose[,]
Blüth' und Lilie dazu:
Aber Sonn' und Ros' und Lilie,
Immer sind sie noch nicht Du!

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Confirmed with: Gedichte von Heinrich Wenzel, Glogau: Druck und Verlag von C. Flemming, 1836, pages 5-6

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Wenzel , no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch. Liebesgedichte, in 1. Lieder und Epigramme, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Word count: 63

Your eyes are two suns

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Your eyes are two suns,
Shining in their own blueness:
Your cheeks are two roses
Upon the meadow, red with morning light!
 
  Your breast is a lily
In the white moonlight:
And your heart is a blossom
That promises the sweetest fruit!
 
   And you yourself are sun and rose[,]
Blossom and lily as well:
But sun and rose and lily,
Are yet always not you!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Wenzel , no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch. Liebesgedichte, in 1. Lieder und Epigramme, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 66