To my eyes | You eyes that have passed through all illusion

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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

An meine Augen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Augen ihr, durch allen Schein gegangen,
Steht gestillt nun in des Wesens Lichte.
Die Gesichter schwinden im Gesichte,
Sternhaft dürft ihr an dem Antlitz hangen.

Friedlich liegen Schwester Lust und Trauer.
Blüte nicht noch Dorn wird sie erwecken,
Und des Blutes Ruheschalen schrecken
Keine Finsternis, kein Strahlenschauer.

Meinen Schlummer kann ich leise wiegen
Mondessilbern auf geschundnem Grunde,
Traum und Leben sind versenkte Kunde,
In dem Abgrund seh den Schlaf ich liegen.

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte, Gotha: Leopold Klotz Verlag, 1928, page 6.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "An meine Augen", appears in Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte [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 Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "An meine Augen", op. 65 no. 3, published 1948, from Ehrler-Zyklus II, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "To my eyes", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-04-11
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Word count: 71

To my eyes

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You eyes that have passed through all illusion,
you are tranquil now in the light of essence.
Faces merge into a single vision,
star-like you may now hang on the countenance.

Peaceful lie the sisters, joy and sorrow.
Neither bloom nor thorn will waken them,
and vessels where the blood rests are not frightened
by any darkness, any downpour of light.

I can quietly cradle my sleep, 
moon-silver upon vanished depth;
dream and life are sunken knowledge,
I see sleep lying in the abyss.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "An meine Augen", appears in Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2017-04-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 84