Ihr Auge

Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne,
     vom Abendstern das Licht,
Die Feuerglut des Aetna,
     die aus der Lava bricht -
Du hast, was mich erhellt
     und mich erwärmt und mich verklärt, -
Und was mein innres Leben
     bis in den Tod verzehrt!

Authorship

by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804-1849) , as Karl Herloss , title unknown
sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Rellstab (1799-1860)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Ihr Auge", alternate title: "Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne", S. 310 (1843-9), published 1860 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt

ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Take of the sun its radiance"
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Ses yeux", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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