by Paul Fleming (1609 - 1640)
Translation © by Eduardo Borja Illescas

O liebliche Wangen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE HEB SPA
O liebliche Wangen,
Ihr macht mir Verlangen,
Dies rote, dies weiße 
Zu schauen mit Fleiße.
Und dies nur alleine 
Ist's nicht, [das]1 ich meine;
Zu schauen, zu grüssen,
Zu rühren, zu küssen!
Ihr macht mir Verlangen,
O liebliche Wangen!

O Sonne der Wonne!
O Wonne der Sonne!
O Augen, so saugen
Das Licht meiner Augen.
O englische Sinnen!
O himmlisch Beginnen!
O Himmel auf Erden,
Magst du mir nicht werden,
O Wonne der Sonne!
O Sonne der Wonne!

O Schönste der Schönen!
Benimm mir dies Sehnen,
Komm, eile, komm, komme,
Du süße, du fromme!
Ach, Schwester, ich sterbe,
Ich sterb', ich verderbe,
Komm, [tröste, komm, heile]2,
Benimm mir dies Sehnen,
O Schönste der Schönen!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Brahms 

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1 Brahms: "was"
2 Brahms: "komme, komm, eile"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Oh galtes adorables", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "O lieflijke wangen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "O lovely cheeks", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô joues adorables", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "הו לחיים יפות", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Eduardo Borja Illescas) , "Oh, encantadoras mejillas", copyright © 1982, (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: 29
Word count: 117

Oh, encantadoras mejillas
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the German (Deutsch) 
 ¡Oh, hermosas mejillas
 Que infundís en mí
 El deseo de contemplar continuamente
 Ese preciso carmesí
 y esa blancura.
 Y no es solamente ese mi anhelo;
 Quiero miraros, saludaros, tocaros;
 Ansío besaros.



 Oh, sol de las delicias; 
 oh, delicia de sol;
 Oh, mirada que ausenta
 de mis ojos la luz.
 Oh, angelicales pensamientos,
 Oh, divinales designios
 y cielo en esta tierra,
 ¿no serás mía, 
 sol de delicia,
 Delicia de sol?

 Hermosa entre las hermosas,
 ¡Aleja esta cuita, y ven!
 ¡Ven, dulce, piadosa,
 Ven!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 1982 by Eduardo Borja Illescas, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 22
Word count: 83