Ogenlied | Lieve ogen, klare bronnen!

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Augenlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Süße Augen, klare Bronnen!
Meine Qual und Seligkeit
Ist fürwahr aus euch [geronnen]¹,
Und mein Dichten euch geweiht.

  Wo ich weile,
  [Wie]² ich eile,
Liebend strahlet ihr mich an;
  Ihr erleuchtet
  Ihr befeuchtet
Mir mit Thränen meine Bahn.

Treue Sterne schwindet nimmer,
Leitet mich zum Acheron!
Und mit eurem letzten Schimmer
Sey mein Leben auch entflohn.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 59.

¹ Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "gewonnen"
² Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Wo"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Augenlied" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Augenlied", D 297 (1817?), published 1850 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó dels ulls", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ogenlied", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Song of eyes", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant des yeux", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone degli occhi", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 59

Ogenlied

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Lieve ogen, klare bronnen!
Mijn verdriet en zaligheid
Is bij jullie echt begonnen,
Jullie is mijn lied gewijd.
 
Waar ik stil sta, 
waar ik heen ga,
Liefde kijkt mij stralend aan;
Jullie hoeden, 
jullie voeden
Met je tranen mijn bestaan.
 
Trouwe sterren, wil nooit falen,
Geleid mij naar d' Acheron¹!
En met jullie laatste stralen
Voer mij naar mijn horizon.

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¹ Acheron: doodsrivier (Griekse mythologie), i.c. rivier op de grens van de onderwereld die de schimmen van de doden moesten overvaren met hulp van de veerman Charon.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Augenlied"
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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-20
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Word count: 61