À voir à ce portrait un regard

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sah dem edlen Bildnis in des Auges

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Sah dem edlen Bildnis in des Auges
Allzusüßen Wunderschein,
Büßte so des eigenen Auges heitern
Schimmer ein.

Herr mein Gott, was hast du doch gebildet
Uns zu Jammer und zu Qual
Solche dunkle Sterne mit so lichtem 
Zauberstrahl!

Mich geblendet hat für alle Wonnen
Dieser Erde jene Pracht;
All umher, wo meine Blicke forschen,
Ist es Nacht.

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Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Magyarisch", op. 46 (Vier Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1869 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Max Kretschmar , "Sah dem edlen Bildnis in des Auges allzusüssen Wunderschein", op. 20 (Vier Lieder aus dem Persischen von Daumer, Hafis und Stieglitz für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Hungarian", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , 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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

À voir à ce portrait un regard

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

À voir à ce portrait un regard
À l'éclat trop doux et merveilleux,
J'ai perdu la lumière sereine
De mes propres yeux.

Seigneur, mon Dieu, pourquoi as-tu fait
Pour nous apporter chagrins et tourments,
Un telle  étoile sombre, aux rayons
Si légers et magiques !

J'ai été ébloui par tous les bonheurs
De cette merveille sur terre ;
Partout où se pose mon regard
C'est la nuit.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855
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This text was added to the website: 2012-08-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 65