Songs

Dein blaues Auge

by Johannes Brahms

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Dein blaues Auge
German source: Klaus Groth

Dein blaues Auge hält so still,
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

Your blue eyes stay so still,
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…

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