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Ach, die Augen sind es wieder, Die mich einst so [lieblich]1 grüßten, Und es sind die Lippen wieder, Die [das Leben mir]2 versüßten. Auch die Stimme ist es wieder, Die ich einst so gern gehöret! Nur ich selber bin's nicht wieder, Bin verändert heimgekehret. Von den weißen, schönen Armen Fest und liebevoll umschlossen, Lieg ich jetzt an ihrem Herzen, Dumpfen Sinnes und verdroßen.
F. Hensel sets stanzas 1-2
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hensel: "freundlich"
2 Hensel: "mir's Leben einst"
Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 77 [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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", 1908 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", published c2004 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", 1837, stanzas 1-2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Amanda Kauffmann , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", op. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. R. Pfau , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", op. 1 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 77 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Joseph Taffs.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ah ! ce sont encore ces yeux", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Ah ! ce sont encore ces yeux Qui m'accueillirent une fois avec amitié. Et ce sont ces lèvres Qui une fois me rendirent la vie si douce. C'est encore cette voix Qu'une fois j'écoutais si joyeusement. Mais je ne suis plus le même, Je suis revenu à la maison bien changé.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 77
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 51