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by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)

Weh, daß ich mußte schauen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weh, daß ich mußte schauen
Dein Auge wonnig blau!
Gram fühl' ich nun und Grauen,
Wo ich dein Aug' nicht schau.
Darf ich's nicht ewig sehn,
Macht Leid mein Herz vergehn.

O strahle selig helle,
Du Aug’, du Himmel mein,
Da taucht, ein Vöglein, schnelle
Mein Sehnen sich hinein.
Da atmet’s Lab’ und Licht,
O schließ den Himmel nicht!

Euch trägt, ihr frommen Seelen,
Zum Himmel hoch der Flug,
Euch kann da nichts mehr fehlen,
Doch mir ist’s nicht genug.
Ach! daß ich selig sei,
Braucht es der Himmel zwei.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Peter Cornelius, Gedichte, gesammelt und herausgegeben von Adolf Stern, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel, 1905 page 79, in Chorlieder.

Note: see also Thoinot Arbeau's "Belle qui tient ma vie", which appears to be the unattributed source of the melody of both Cornelius's setting and Reger's arrangement, for which he used the text above, also unattributed. Both texts mention blue eyes but are otherwise unrelated.


Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Blaue Augen" [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Blaue Augen", 1872 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Altfranzösisches Tanzlied", published 1900 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Zwölf Madrigale für Männerchor bearbeitet von Max Reger, no. 6, Zürich, Hug  [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 90

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