by Nadejda de Bragança, Princess (1910 - 1946)
Song
Language: English
I know that if the sea and skies were not so blue, You would not love my azure eyes as you do. And if the sun in heaven's height were not so golden fair, You would not love the amber light on my hair. Behold the poppy read the rose and drink the dew she drips; You would not love, except for those, my red lips. Unless I symbolized the shrine of life's delight to you, You would not love me, lover mine, as you do.
Authorship:
- by Nadejda de Bragança, Princess (1910 - 1946), appears in Poems for Music [author's text not yet checked 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 Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986), "Song" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 86