When I gaze into your eyes so blue

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by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Blick ich in dein Aug' so blau

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Blick ich in dein Aug' so blau,
Wird's im Herzen mir so mau --
S'ist wie lauter Himmelsthau 
Das Herz durchdringend süße Mau!!!

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Note: There are two manuscript copies of Lang's song. In the first version an alternate last line is given: "Das Mark und Bein durchdringend Mau!!!"

Text Authorship:

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Das süße Mau!", alternate title: "Das blaue Aug!", 1869 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 22

When I gaze into your eyes so blue

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I gaze into your eyes so blue,
I get such a queasiness in my heart!
It is like pure heavenly dew
The sweet queasiness that suffuses my heart!

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Translations of title(s):
"Das blaue Aug!" = "The blue eyes!"
"Das süße Mau!" = "The sweet queasiness!"

Note: There are two manuscript copies of Lang's song. In the first version an alternate last line is given: "The queasiness that pierces my marrow and bone!!!"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 29