by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826 - 1911)

Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön,
Das hab' ich jüngst im Traum gesehn,
Es ist so mild und engelgleich,
Und doch so bleich, so [schmerzenbleich]1.

Und nur die Lippen, die sind rot;
Bald aber küßt sie bleich der Tod.
Erlöschen wird das Himmelslicht,
Das aus den frommen Augen bricht.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 114.

1 Schumann: "schmerzenreich" (full of pain)

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  • Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Gentil Theodoor Antheunis (1840 - 1907) ; composed by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Herbert Baines.
  • Also set in English, a translation by A. Davenport ; composed by Edward Baxter Felton.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by William Noel Johnson.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Bertha Raab ; composed by Henry J. Lautz.

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Thy face, so lovely and serene
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Thy face, so lovely and serene,  
In vision I have lately seen; 
So like an angel's 'tis, and meek, 
Though bitter grief has blanch'd thy cheek. 
 
Thy lips alone, they still are red; 
Death soon will kiss them pale and dead; 
The heavenly light will soon be o'er, 
That from thine eyes is wont to pour.

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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 56