Mijn oog ben jij! | Jij bent mijn oog, ja! – Jij doordringt mij gans

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Mein Auge

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Du bist mein Auge! -- Du durchdringst mich ganz,
mein ganzes Wesen hast du mir erhellt,
mein ganzes Leben du erfüllt mit Glanz,
mich Strauchelnden auf sichern Pfad gestellt!

Mein Auge du! -- Wie war ich doch so blind
an Herz und Sinn, eh' Du dich mir gesellt,
und wie durchströmt mich jetzt so licht, so lind
verklärt der Abglanz dieser ganzen Welt!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Strauss

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¹ Strauss adds at the end "Du bist mein Auge, du!"

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mein Auge", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Mein Auge", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1898 [ 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 meus ulls", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mijn oog ben jij!", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My eye", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mes 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.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61

Mijn oog ben jij!

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Jij bent mijn oog, ja! – Jij doordringt mij gans;
Mijn hele wezen heb jij diep doorstraald
Mijn hele leven ook vervuld van glans,
Mij struikelaar naar ’n veilig pad gehaald!

Mijn oog ben jij! Wat was ik toch verblind 
Van hart en zin, vóór jij mij hebt geleid,
En hoe doorstroomt mij nu zo zacht als wind
Vol pracht de weerschijn van de werk’lijkheid!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mein Auge", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 65