Wer da sieht die Augen dein, wird gut...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wer da sieht die Augen dein, wird gut werden müssen,
Fleisch und Blut fällt ihm nicht ein, denket nicht ans Küssen.
Aber an den Himmel gern mahnt's ihn mit Verlangen,
Oder an den Abendstern, wie er kommt gegangen
Oder an den Morgentau, oder eine alte Weise,
Die seine Mutter, die gute Frau, sang in der Dämmrung leise.
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Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 67.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "He who looks upon those eyes of yours", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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He who looks upon those eyes of yours
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
He who looks upon those eyes of yours must become good,
Flesh and blood does not occur to him, he does not think of kissing.
But with yearning his thoughts often gladly turn to heaven,
Or to the evening star as it comes along
Or to the morning dew, or to an old refrain
That his mother, the good woman, sang quietly in the twilight.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Sharon Krebs, (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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