Er und Sie
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Er.
Seh' ich in das stille Thal,
Wo im Sonnenscheine
Blumen prangen ohne Zahl,
Blick' ich nur auf Eine.
Ach! es blickt Ihr Auge blau
Jezt auch auf die Auen;
Im Vergißmeinnicht voll Thau
Kann ich es erschauen.
Sie.
Tret' ich an mein Fensterlein,
Wann die Sterne scheinen,
Mögen alle schöner seyn,
Blick' ich nur auf Einen;
Dort gen Abend blickt Er mild
Wohl nach Himmelshöhen,
Denn dort ist ein liebes Bild
In dem Stern zu sehen.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• R. Schumann R. Schumann sets stanzas 1(lines1-4), 2(lines1-4), 1(lines5-8), 2(lines5-8)
Confirmed with Justinus Kerner, Die Dichtungen, Neue vollständige Sammlung in einem Bande, Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1834, page 233. Note: modern German would change the following spellings: "Thal" -> "Tal", "Jezt" -> "Jetzt", "Thau" -> "Tau", "seyn" -> "sein".
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Er und Sie", op. 78 (Vier Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 (1849), published 1850, stanzas 1(lines1-4),2(lines1-4),1(lines5-8),2(lines5-8) [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Er und Sie", op. 12 no. 6, published 1829 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von Justinus Kerner, no. 6, Stuttgart: Zumsteeg'sche Musikalienhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ell i ella", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hij en zij", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "He and she", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "He and she", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lui et elle", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 77
He and she
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
He:
I look into the still valley,
where in the sunshine
flowers without equal are resplendent,
I look only at one.
Ah! her blue eyes are looking
now also at the meadow,
in forget-me-not full of dew
I can see them.
She:
I come to my little window,
when the stars shine,
well may they all be more beautiful,
I look only at one.
There as evening falls he looks gently
happily towards heaven,
for there is his dear image
in the star to be seen.
Text Authorship:
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Line count: 18
Word count: 84