Dein blaues Auge
German source:
Klaus Groth
Ich blicke bis zum Grund.
Du fragst mich, was ich sehen will?
Ich sehe mich gesund.
Es brannte mich ein glühend Paar,
Noch schmerzt das Nachgefühl:
Das deine ist wie See so klar
Und wie ein See so kühl.
Your Blue Eyes
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
I look into their depths.
You ask me what I seek to see?
Myself restored to health.
A pair of ardent eyes have burnt me,
The pain of it still throbs:
Your eyes are limpid as a lake,
And like a lake as cool.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Dein blaues Auge
German source:
Klaus Groth
Your Blue Eyes
English source:
Richard Stokes
Dein blaues Auge hält so still,
Your blue eyes stay so still,
Ich blicke bis zum Grund.
I look into their depths.
Du fragst mich, was ich sehen will?
You ask me what I seek to see?
Ich sehe mich gesund.
Myself restored to health.
Es brannte mich ein glühend Paar,
A pair of ardent eyes have burnt me,
Noch schmerzt das Nachgefühl:
The pain of it still throbs:
Das deine ist wie See so klar
Your eyes are limpid as a lake,
Und wie ein See so kühl.
And like a lake as cool.
Composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna. Brahms has been considered, by his…
Poet
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Gerhaher and Huber 16 Oct 2024
- Song at Wolfson: Nazan Fikret & Sholto Kynoch - On this Island 11 May 2023
- Song at Fairlight Hall: Nazan Fikret & Sholto Kynoch - On this Island 07 May 2023
- 62. Christoph Prégardien and Michael Gees: Brahms, Mahler and Schubert 26 Oct 2022
- 55. Yajie Zhang, Hartmut Höll: Gustav Mahler 25 Oct 2022
- The Oxford Lieder Young Artist Programme Audition Recitals (Day One - Part One) 17 Mar 2022
- 32. Catriona Morison & Malcolm Martineau: Brahms, Grieg, Schumann & Lang 13 Oct 2021
- Schubert, Fauré and Quilter: Klemens Sander & Sholto Kynoch 31 Mar 2020
- Spanisches Liederspiel: Rowan Pierce, Ann Murray, Timothy Langston, Thomas Allen & Malcolm Martineau 20 Oct 2016