Your gaze is a blue mystery | Your gaze is a blue mystery

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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ein blau Geheimniß ist dein Blick

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ein blau Geheimniß ist dein Blick,
Ein rothes Rätsel schweigt dein Mund;
Mir träumt so süß von nahem Glück,
Mir bangt so schwer im Herzensgrund.

Ich sorg' und frag' um mein Geschick,
Doch keine Antwort wird mir kund,
Ein blau Geheimniß bleibt dein Blick.
Ein rothes Rätsel schweigt dein Mund.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Spätherbstblätter, Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1877. Appears in Jugendlieder, page 310.

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spätherbstblätter, in Jugendlieder (1835-1842), first published 1877 [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 Eugen Hildach (1849 - 1924), "Ein blau Geheimniss ist dein Blick", op. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Barth [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Your gaze is a blue mystery", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

Your gaze is a blue mystery

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Your gaze is a blue mystery,
Your mouth a silent red enigma,
I dream so sweetly of imminent happiness,
In the depths of my heart I am sorely anxious.

I fret and frain about my fate,
But no answer is granted me,
Your gaze remains a blue mystery,
Your mouth a silent red enigma.

Translator’s note to stanza 2, line 1: The archaic Scottish verb "to frain" was used in the interests of alliteration. The verb "to ask" may be substituted.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spätherbstblätter, in Jugendlieder (1835-1842), first published 1877
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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 54