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by Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt (1814 - 1881)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Schwebe, blaues Auge, schwebe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Schwebe, blaues Auge, schwebe
Unabwendbar ob dem meinen,
Einen Frühling wirk und webe
Rings um mich in lichtem Scheinen.

Klinge, süße Stimme, klinge
An mein Herz im Tongewimmel,
Trag auf deiner Engelschwinge
Mich Verwandelten gen Himmel.

Jüngst noch Nacht und Winter war es;
Nun ists plötzlich Tag geworden,
Tag und Mai, ein wunderbares
Sein in Strahlen und Akkorden!

Überall ein Hoffnungsschiller,
Ein verheißend Frühlingswetter,
Blütenwellen, Lerchentriller,
Nachtigallenlustgeschmetter.

Laß, o laß ihn nicht vergehn,
Diesen letzten Lenz der Erde,
Bis ich seine Blumen sehn,
Seine Früchte brechen werde.

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Text Authorship:

by Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt (1814 - 1881) [author's text not yet checked 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 (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Schwebe, schwebe, blaues Auge", S. 305 [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Schwebe, blaues Auge", op. 26 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Gaze upon me, eyes of azure", first published 1911
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Flottez, yeux bleus", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 87

Flottez, yeux bleus

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

Flottez, yeux bleus, flottez
Fixés sur les miens,
Le printemps travaille et tisse
Tout autour de moi dans la lumière claire.

Résonnez, douce voix, résonnez,
Dans mon cœur comme un flot de notes,
Porte-moi sur les ailes de tes anges
Pour m'emmener au ciel.

Il y a peu c'était encore la nuit et l'hiver ;
Maintenant le jour est soudainement arrivé,
Le jour et mai, une merveilleuse
Présence en éclat et en harmonie !

Partout un rayon d'espoir,
Une promesse de temps de printemps,
Le temps des fleurs, les alouettes qui chantent,
L'éclat de joie du rossignol.

Oh, ne le laisse pas s'en aller,
Ce dernier printemps sur terre,
Jusqu'à ce que j'ai vu ses fleurs,
Ses fruits, se flétrir.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
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Word count: 118