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Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen, Wer verliebte sich nicht drein! Sind so reizend zum Entzücken, Daß sie jedes Herz bestricken, Wissen doch so stolz zu blicken, Daß sie [schaffen eitel]1 Pein! Machen Ruh' und Wohlbefinden, Sinnen und Erinnrung schwinden, Wissen stets zu überwinden Mit dem spielend süßen Schein; Mit dem spielend süßen Scheine Fesseln sie die Treu' alleine, Schaffen, daß in Kummer weine, Wer da fröhlich pflag zu sein. Keiner, der geschaut ihr Prangen, Ist noch ihrem Netz entgangen, Alle Welt begehrt zu hangen Tag und Nacht an ihrem Schein. Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen, Wer verliebte sich nicht drein!
R. Schumann sets stanzas 1-3, 5-6
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1852, pages 79-80
1 Schumann: "eitel schaffen"Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 41 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Juan del Encina (1468 - 1529?), "Ojos garzos ha la niña"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Valdemar Malling (1848 - 1915), "Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen", op. 26 no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Spanische Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte , no. 4, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Duett", op. posth. 138 no. 9 (1849), published 1857, stanzas 1-3,5-6 [ tenor, bass, and piano duet ], from Spanische Liebeslieder, no. 9, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Duet 'Blauwe ogen heeft het meisje'", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La fille a les yeux bleus", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "A menina tem olhos azuis", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Auditorium du Louvre , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 100
Ulls blaus té la donzella, qui no s’enamoraria d’ella! Són tan preciosos i encisadors que captiven tots els cors, i saben esguardar tan superbs que creen un pur turment! Susciten pau i benestar, els sentits i els records s’esvaneixen, saben sempre conquerir amb llur dolç esclat juganer; amb llur esclat juganer captiven tan sols fidelitat, fan que plori de pena el qui solia estar joiós. Ningú que ha vist llur esplendor s’ha pogut escapar de llur xarxa, tothom desitja restar dia i nit al seu esclat. Ulls blaus té la donzella, qui no s’enamoraria d’ella!
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Translations of title(s):
"Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen" = "Ulls blaus té la donzella"
"Duett" = "Duet"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 41
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Juan del Encina (1468 - 1529?), "Ojos garzos ha la niña"
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 95