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Mir glänzen die Augen Wie der Himmel so klar; Heran und vorüber, Du schlanker Husar! Heran und vorüber Und wieder zurück! Vielleicht kann's geschehen, Du findest dein Glück! Was weidet dein Rapp mir Den Reseda dort ab? Soll das nun der Dank sein Für die Lieb, so ich gab? Was richten deine Sporen Mein Spinngarn zu Grund? Was hängt mir am Hage Deine Jacke so bunt? Troll [nur dich]1 von hinnen Auf deinem groben Tier Und laß meine freudigen Sternaugen mir!
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Text Authorship:
- by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Mir glänzen die Augen", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Alte Weisen, no. 1 [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 Fritz Kögel , "Mir glänzen die Augen", op. 7 (Sechs Gedichte von Gottfried Keller für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Der Husar", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 22, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Mir glänzen die Augen", op. 33 no. 1 (1923), from Alte Weisen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Mir glänzen die Augen", WoO. 31 (1910) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Schweizer (1868 - 1906), "Mir glänzen die Augen", op. 22 no. 6, from Alte Weisen, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Mir glänzen die Augen", op. 1 no. 1 (1885), published 1890 [ high voice and piano ], from Alte Weisen - Sechs Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Mir glänzen die Augen", op. 16 no. 1 (1891), published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], from [Sieben] Gedichte von Gottfried Keller für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, C. F. Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Mir glänzen die Augen", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder auf Gedichte von Gottfried Keller) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My eyes gleam", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mes yeux brillent", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 82
"My eyes gleam like the heavens so clear"; But you come and you go, you tall hussar! You come and you go, and come back again! Perhaps it will transpire that you find happiness. Why does your black horse graze on my mignonette? Is that the thanks I get for the love that I gave you? Why are your spurs destroying my spinning yarn? Why do you hang on my fence your colorful jacket? Just clear off from here, on your rude beast, and leave my "cheerful star-like eyes" to me!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Mir glänzen die Augen", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Alte Weisen, no. 1
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 91