Ach, die Augen sind es wieder

Ach, die Augen sind es wieder, 
Die mich einst so [lieblich]1 grüßten,
Und es sind die Lippen wieder,
Die [das Leben mir]2 versüßten.

Auch die Stimme ist es wieder,
Die ich einst so gern gehöret!
Nur ich selber bin's nicht wieder,
Bin verändert heimgekehret.

Von den weißen, schönen Armen
Fest und liebevoll umschlossen,
Lieg ich jetzt an ihrem Herzen,
Dumpfen Sinnes und verdroßen.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 77

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

by Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", 1908.
by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", published c2004.
by Amanda Kauffmann , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", op. 11.
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", 1837, stanzas 1-2.
by F. R. Pfau , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", op. 1 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2.
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Ach, die Augen sind es wieder", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 77.

by Joseph Taffs , "Ah! those eyes", published 1923, from Album of Five Songs, no. 5

by Valery Gavrilin (1939-1999) , "Golos -- laskovjy, kak prezhde", published 1981 [low voice and piano], from Vtoraja nemetskaja tetrad', no. 11.

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Yes, they are the self‑same eyes

Yes, they are the self-same eyes
   That still brighten as I greet her,
Yes, they are the self-same lips
   That made all my life seem sweeter.

Yes, it is the very voice,
   At whose slightest tones I faltered.
But no more the same am I;
   I wend homeward strangely altered.

By the fair white arms embraced
   With a close and tender passion,
Now I lie upon her heart,
   Dull of brain, in cold vexation.

by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) , from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, published 1881

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 77 RUS FRE

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

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Date added to the website: 2008-05-03.