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Sah dem edlen Bildnis in des Auges Allzusüßen Wunderschein, Büßte so des eigenen Auges heitern Schimmer ein. Herr mein Gott, was hast du doch gebildet Uns zu Jammer und zu Qual Solche dunkle Sterne mit so lichtem Zauberstrahl! Mich geblendet hat für alle Wonnen Dieser Erde jene Pracht; All umher, wo meine Blicke forschen, Ist es Nacht.
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Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Magyarisch", op. 46 (Vier Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1869 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Kretschmar , "Sah dem edlen Bildnis in des Auges allzusüssen Wunderschein", op. 20 (Vier Lieder aus dem Persischen von Daumer, Hafis und Stieglitz für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Hungarian", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (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: 57
I gazed at the noble image in her eyes' All too sweet radiance, Paying for it with my own eyes' Cheerful gleam. O God, why have you created, To our misery and torment, Such dark stars with such bright Magical rays? They have blinded me to all the wonders Of this earth's every splendor; All around me, wherever my gaze rests, It is night.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 64