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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Warum sind deine Augen so naß?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Warum sind deine Augen [so]1 naß?
Ich habe der Liebsten in's Auge geschaut,
So lange, bis mir die meinen sind übergegangen.

Warum sind [denn deine Wangen]2 so blaß?
Es sind die Rosen, die ich gebaut,
Vor Sehnsucht hinüber [gewandert]3 auf ihre Wangen.

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•   H. Pfitzner 

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1 Pfitzner: "denn so"
2 Pfitzner: "deine Wangen denn"
3 Pfitzner: "gewandelt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 3. Dritter Strauß. Entfremdet [or Gemieden], no. 34 [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 Mögele (1834 - 1907), "Frag und Antwort", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1885 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Warum sind deine Augen denn so naß?", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 45

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