Far and wide no one looks at me

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Hungarian (Magyar)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA

Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an,
und wenn sie mich hassen, was liegt mir dran?
Nur mein Schatz der soll mich lieben allezeit,
soll mich küssen, umarmen und herzen in Ewigkeit.

Kein Stern blickt in finsterer Nacht;
keine Blum mir strahlt in duftiger Pracht.
Deine Augen sind mir Blumen Sternenschein,
die mir leuchten so freundlich, die blühen nur mir allein.

About the headline (FAQ)

Text Authorship:

by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

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), no title, op. 103 no. 9 (1887/8), published 1888 [ voice or SATB chorus, piano ], from Zigeunerlieder, no. 9, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Per ogni dove nessuno di me si cura", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2005-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 61

Far and wide no one looks at me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Far and wide no one looks at me,
And if they hate me, what does it matter to me?
Only my treasure, who will love me always,
Will kiss, embrace and hug me forever.

No star peeks through the gloomy night;
No flower shines for me in dainty splendor.
Your eyes are my flowers, my starlight,
That shine for me so fondly, that bloom for me alone.

About the headline (FAQ)

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Grant Hicks, (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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2025-07-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 67