Ach, wende diesen Blick, wende dies...
Language:
German
Ach, wende diesen Blick, wende dies Angesicht!
Das Inn're mir mit ewig neuer Glut,
Mit ewig neuem Harm erfülle nicht!
Wenn einmal die gequälte Seele ruht,
Und mit so fieberischer Wilde nicht
In meinen Adern rollt das heiße Blut -
Ein Strahl, ein flüchtiger, von deinem Licht,
Er wecket auf des Wehs gesamte Wut,
Da [schlangenhaft]1 mich in das Herze sticht.
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1 Brahms: "schlangengleich"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
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English
(Emily Ezust)
, "Ah, turn away this gaze", copyright ©
FRE
French
(Pierre Mathé)
, "Ah, détourne ce regard", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Ah, turn away this gaze
Language:
English
Ah, turn away this gaze, turn away your face!
Don't fill my heart with ever renewing passion,
With ever renewing grief!
Whenever my tortured soul rests,
And my hot blood ceases to course with so feverish a frenzy
In my veins -
A ray, a fleeting one, of your light,
Awakens the entire fury of my woe,
That like a serpent, stings my heart.
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Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, 
Based on
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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