Upon my beloved's eyes

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by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Sur les yeux de ma bien‑aimée

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Sur les yeux de ma bien-aimée
j'ai fait les plus beaux canzones;
sur la petite bouche de ma bien-aimée
j'ai fait les meilleurs terzines ;
sur les yeux de ma bien-aimée
j'ai fait les plus magnifiques stances.
Et si ma bien-aimée avait un cœur,
je lui ferais sur son cœur quelque beau sonnet.

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Text Authorship:

by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 14
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Albert Marie Joseph Bélédin (1866 - 1922), "Sur les yeux de ma bien-aimée", 1911, published [1911] [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 3, Nantes, Éd. Vuillemin-Didion [sung text not yet checked]
by Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Sur les yeux de ma bien-aimée", published 1886, from Six mélodies: paroles tirées de l'Intermezzo d'Henri Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-10-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

Upon my beloved's eyes

Language: English after the French (Français)

Upon my beloved's eyes 
I've composed the most beautiful canzoni;
upon my beloved's little mouth 
I've composed the best tercets;
upon my beloved's eyes
I've composed the most magnificent stanzas. 
And if my beloved had a heart, 
I'd compose upon her heart some beautiful sonnet.

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Translations of titles:
"Sur les yeux de ma bien-aimée" = "Upon my beloved's eyes"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, no title
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 14
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2026-06-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 45