Songs

Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön

by Robert Schumann From Fünf Lieder und Gesänge (1840) Op. 127 1840, 1850

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Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön
German source: Heinrich Heine

Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön,
Das hab’ ich jüngst im Traum gesehn,
Es ist so mild und engelgleich,
Und doch so bleich, so schmerzenreich.

Und nur die Lippen, die sind rot;
Bald aber küsst sie bleich der Tod.
Erlöschen wird das Himmelslicht,
Das aus den frommen Augen bricht.

Your face so lovable and fair
English translation © Richard Stokes

Your face so lovable and fair
Appeared to me in a recent dream,
So mild, it looks, and angel-like,
And yet so pale, so full of pain.

And only your lips are red;
But death shall soon kiss them pale.
Out will go the heavenly light
That gleams from your innocent eyes.

Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön
German source: Heinrich Heine

Your face so lovable and fair
English source: Richard Stokes

Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön,
Your face so lovable and fair
Das hab’ ich jüngst im Traum gesehn,
Appeared to me in a recent dream,
Es ist so mild und engelgleich,
So mild, it looks, and angel-like,
Und doch so bleich, so schmerzenreich.
And yet so pale, so full of pain.

Und nur die Lippen, die sind rot;
And only your lips are red;
Bald aber küsst sie bleich der Tod.
But death shall soon kiss them pale.
Erlöschen wird das Himmelslicht,
Out will go the heavenly light
Das aus den frommen Augen bricht.
That gleams from your innocent eyes.

Composer

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured…

Poet

Heinrich Heine

Heine was born of Jewish parents. Much of his early life was influenced by the financial power of his uncle Salomon Heine, a millionaire Hamburg banker, with whom he remained on an awkward footing for many years. After he had been educated in the…

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