When you turn your eyes to me and laugh | When you turn your eyes to me and laugh

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und lachst,
Sie senkst, und neigst das Kinn zum Busen dann,
Bitt' ich, daß du mir erst ein Zeichen machst,
Damit ich doch mein Herz auch bänd'gen kann,
  Daß ich mein Herz mag bänd'gen, zahm und still,
Wenn es vor großer Liebe springen will,
  Daß ich mein Herz mag halten in der Brust,
Wenn es ausbrechen will vor großer Lust.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 33.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 66, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Quando incontri i miei occhi", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und lachst", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 38 [sung text checked 1 time]

This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Gesegnet sei", op. 9 no. 2 (1996) [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Liebeslieder, no. 2

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "When you turn your eyes to me and laugh", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 67

When you turn your eyes to me and laugh

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When you turn your eyes to me and laugh,
Then lower them and bow your chin to your breast,
I beg you, first give me a sign,
That I may tame my heart,
That I may tame and quiet my heart
When it would leap for its great love;
That I may keep my heart  within my breast,
When it would break forth for its great joy.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 66, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Quando incontri i miei occhi", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 67