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To brune Øjne jeg nylig så I dem mit Hjem og min Verden lå. Der flammed' Snillet og Barnets Fred; Jeg glemmer dem aldrig i Evighed!
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Authorship:
- by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "To brune Øine", written 1831, appears in Phantasier og Skizzer, in Hjertets Melodier, no. 1 [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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "To brune Øjne", from Five Danish Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "To brune Øjne", op. 5 no. 1 (1864-5), published 1865, from Hjertets melodier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "To brune Øjne", published 1888? [ voice and piano ], from New Albums of Songs with German and English Words, Volume 2, no. 3, London: Pitt & Hatzfeld, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "Two brown eyes", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Deux yeux marrons", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Zwei braune Augen ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Due occhi scuri e lucenti", copyright © 2009, (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: 4
Word count: 26
Two brown eyes I have recently seen, They conceal my home and my whole life, They radiate friendship and childlike peace, They will never be out of my thoughts.
Authorship:
- Translation from Danish (Dansk) to English copyright © 2013 by Nigel Parker, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "To brune Øine", written 1831, appears in Phantasier og Skizzer, in Hjertets Melodier, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2013-04-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 29