Canzone degli occhi (Mayrhofer, set by (Franz Peter Schubert)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Augenlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Süße Augen, klare Bronnen!
Meine Qual und Seligkeit
Ist fürwahr aus euch [geronnen]¹,
Und mein Dichten euch geweiht.

  Wo ich weile,
  [Wie]² ich eile,
Liebend strahlet ihr mich an;
  Ihr erleuchtet
  Ihr befeuchtet
Mir mit Thränen meine Bahn.

Treue Sterne schwindet nimmer,
Leitet mich zum Acheron!
Und mit eurem letzten Schimmer
Sey mein Leben auch entflohn.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 59.

¹ Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "gewonnen"
² Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Wo"

Authorship

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Augenlied" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Augenlied", D 297 (1817?), published 1850 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó dels ulls", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ogenlied", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Song of eyes", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant des yeux", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone degli occhi", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 56

Canzone degli occhi

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

Dolci occhi, limpide fonti!
La mia pena e la mia felicità
vengono invero da voi,
e il mio canto è per voi.

Dove io sto, 
come io vado,
con amore splendete a me;
voi illuminate, 
voi bagnate
di lacrime il mio cammino.

Fide stelle, non abbiate mai tramonto,
accompagnatemi all'Acheronte!
E con la vostra ultima luce
fugga via anche la mia vita.

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2007 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (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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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Augenlied"

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 62