Over your closed eyes

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by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942)

Translation © by Timothy Adès

Über deine Augenlider

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Über deine Augenlider
  zärtlich sacht
strich mit weichem Flaumgefieder
  der Wundervogel der Nacht.

Seine grossen, grünen Schwingen
  sind von Träumen schwer,
horch, er will singen
  von Palmenwäldern und seltnen süssen Dingen,
weit, weit kommt er her.

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Text Authorship:

by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942) [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 Henk Bijvanck (1909 - 1969), "Über deine Augenlider" [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann von Glenck (1883 - 1952), "Nachklänge", 1902 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Timothy Adès) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 36

Over your closed eyes

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Over your closed eyes
gentle, tender,
fluffy-plumed he flies,
the Night-Bird-Wonder.
⁠
Great and green he swings,
dreams are his load.
Listen, as he sings,
far from his abode,
of palm-groves and rare, sweet things.

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Translation of title "Über deine Augenlider" = "Over your closed eyes"

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This text was added to the website: 2021-07-31
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Word count: 35