Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'

Wenn ich in deine Augen seh',
So schwindet [all' mein Leid]1 und Weh; 
Doch wenn ich küße deinen Mund,
So werd' ich ganz und gar gesund.

Wenn ich mich lehn' an deine Brust,
Kommt's über mich wie Himmelslust;
Doch wenn du sprichst: ich liebe dich!
[So]2 muß ich weinen bitterlich.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 4

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

by A. B. Albers , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by Roger Ascham , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 10 (Drei Liebeslieder) no. 2, published 1896.
by Nicolai Berendt , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 2.
by Iulïe Ivanovich Bleichmann (1868-1909) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1921.
by Heinrich Böie (1825-1879) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 6 (Vier Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 3.
by John Böie (1822-1900) , "Die stillen Augen", op. 19 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Walther Brand (1811-) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1850, from 6 Gesänge von Tieck, Göthe u. Heinrich Heine, no. 5.
by W. Brandt , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Lieder, no. 5
by August Canthal (1804-1881) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 280 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1.
by Vladimir, Fürst Castriota-Scanderbeg (1820-?) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Andenken an Horodetz : Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 4.
by Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870-1922) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 57 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Bernhard Conradi , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 5 (Vier Lieder) no. 2.
by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805-1841) , "An sie", op. 16 (Lieder) no. 2 (1837). [soprano, alto, and piano]
by Louis Dames (1815-) , "An sie", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by G. A. Demidov , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804-1892) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 9 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5.
by Otto Dresel (1826-1890) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1839), published c1848.
by Otto Johann Anton Dütsch (1823-1863) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by O. Eichler , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Gerrit Jan van Eijken (1832-1879) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 7 (Drei Gedichte von Heine) no. 3. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Ludwig von Erlanger (1862-) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 21 (Acht Gedichte von Heinrich Heine), Heft 1 no. 4.
by Alfred Feith , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Drei Lieder, no. 1.
by Reinhold Fellenberg , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Lieder, Heft 2, no. 5
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850-1900) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen", H. 47 (1865), missing
by Wilhelm Fischer , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'" [mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano], from Lieder-Sammlung, no. 13.
by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published c2004-5 [low voice and piano], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Winterzyklus, no. 3.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 44 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5 (1870?), published 1875.
by W. Fried , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 6.
by A. von Geyso , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1883. [voice and orchestra]
by Grashof , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Richard Grünfeld (1871-1932) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 2.
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 14 (Vier Heine-Lieder = Four Heine Songs) no. 1 (1898), published 1899. [medium voice and piano], also set in English
by J. Ch. W. Hahn , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 20 (Drei Lieder) no. 1. [baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano]
by William Gardiner Hammond (1874-1945) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 2, also set in English
by Ludwig Hartmann (1836-1910) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 20 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5.
by Leopold Hassenkamp (1881-?) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4.
by Johann von Haszlinger , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Lieder, no. 10
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 22 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2.
by Wilhelm Heinefetter (1833-1934) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 18 (Vier Lieder) no. 1.
by Carl Heinemann , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 1.
by C. Hering , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Hedwig Hertz , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 27 (Drei Lieder) no. 3.
by Adolph Hinterholz , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 12.
by Eduard Holzmiller (1806-?) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Drei Lieder, no. 1.
by Robert von Hornstein (1833-1890) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1853. [voice and piano]
by F. Horst , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 9 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Carl Hüllweck , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 3. [voice, piano, and violoncello or violin or flute]
by Josip Ipavec (1873-1921) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by J. A. Ironmonger-Sola , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Drei Lieder, no. 2.
by N. Isuard , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Lieder, no. 5
by William Noel Johnson (1863-1916) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1893, from Six songs by Heinrich Heine, no. 2, also set in English
by Théodore Kahle , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 21 (Neun Lieder), Heft 2 no. 8. [low voice and piano]
by Walter Edmond von Kalinowsky (1902-) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Aydin Karlibel (1957-) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'" [low voice and piano], from Liederpalette, no. 4.
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836-1909) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1865 [soprano or tenor and piano], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg
by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927-) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh", 1994-5, published c1998 [tenor and piano], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung III
by K. Kissner , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Zwei Lieder, no. 2.
by Joseph Klein (1802-1862) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 71 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge von Heine und Goethe) no. 1, published 1826. [soprano and piano]
by Theobald Kretschmann (1850-1919) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 33 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 6.
by Edmund Kretschmer (1830-1908) , "Wenn ich dir in die Augen seh'", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1.
by Krimov , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Paul Kuczynski (1846-1897) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 18--?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 3.
by Georg Karl Kulenkamp (1799-1850) , "Lied von Heine", op. 48 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge (3tes Liederheft)) no. 1.
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803-1890) , "Wonne und Schmerz", from Der Sänger am Rhein : Deutsche Lieder, no. 4.
by Gustav Langer , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 1.
by Henry J. Lautz , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 3 (Heine-Lieder (Heine-Songs)) no. 4, published 1909, also set in English
by Hans Leerink , "Lyr. Intermezzo no. 4", 1933, published c1950, from In 't Vondelpark, no. 2.
by Paul Lehmann-Osten (1865-?) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 2.
by Georg Lothar Liebling (1865-1946) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 29 (Trois Préludes d'après Heine) no. 1.
by G. W. Mackrodt , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5.
by Julius Mai (1862-1938) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'" [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from Drei Lieder, no. 3.
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen sehe", from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 10
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Duett", 1838, published 1991 [duet], from Three Duets on Texts by Heinrich Heine
by Fredric Myrow , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1960 [soprano, flute, viola, and two violoncellos], from Vier Lieder im Frühling, no. 1.
by G. Neibig , "Wenn ich in deine Augen schau", op. 104.
by Rupert Neily , "Wen ich in deine Augersch (Heine)", published <<1959, [sic] for the title
by Franz Xaver Viktor Neruda (1843-1915) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 2 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 3.
by Ofrossipov , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806-1888) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 5 (Gesänge) no. 1.
by Edna Frida Pietsch (1894-1982) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 1, published 1980.
by J. van der Porten , "Wenn ich in deine Augen schau", op. 2 (Drei Lieder) no. 1.
by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger (1815-1891) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1865?, from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 3.
by Fabian Rehfeld (1842-1920) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 18 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1885. [medium voice and piano]
by Adolph Ries (1837-1899) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1855?
by Henri Rosellen (1811-1876) , "Lied über die Melodie der Rêverie (op.31, Nr.1)"
by Elise Schmezer , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 1.
by Benno Schönberger (1863-1930) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 6 (Six songs) no. 4, published 1890, also set in English
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 48 no. 4, published 1843, from Dichterliebe, no. 4.
by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817-1893) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 2.
by Frederic C. Shattuck , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1906, also set in English
by Marie L. Shedlock (1854-1935) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1886, from Ten Songs, no. 1, also set in English
by Hans Sitt (1850-1922) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4.
by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Nikolay F. Solovyov (1846-1916) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1872.
by F. Sonderland , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Torsten Sörenson (1908-1992) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", 1929.
by Gerhard Stehmann , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 1.
by Ward Stephens (1872-1940) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", published 1908, also set in English
by Carl Streitmann (1858-1937) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Drei Lieder, no. 1.
by Otto Tiehsen (1817-1849) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 2 (Fünf Gesänge von Heine und Müller) no. 3, published 1839.
by Adela Tindal (1866-1929) , "Liebe", op. 10 (Two songs) no. 1, published 1895.
by Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov (1800-1875) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Berthold Tours (1838-1897) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 3 (Sechs Gedichte : von H. Heine und F. Dingelstedt) no. 1.
by Anton Urspruch (1850-1907) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 2 no. 2 (1875), published 1876.
by Carl Warmuth, jun. , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 15.
by Johan Weegenhuise (1910-) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", 1940, rev. 1989 [medium voice and piano], from Jugendliederkreis, no. 4.
by Arie D. van de Weg , "Wenn ich dir in die Augen seh'", published 18--?, from Drei Lieder, no. 2.
by Carl Weinwurm (1878-?) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by W. Wenigmann , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 6 (Drei Lieder) no. 1.
by J. H. W. Werner , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Fünf Lieder, no. 3.
by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "Liebe", published 1878, from Zwei Lieder von Heine, no. 1.
by August Daniel Ferdinand Victor Wilhelmj (1845-1908) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Zwei Lieder, no. 2.
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'"
by Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (1824-1881) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6.
by Theodorus Leonardus van der Wurff (1836-1900) , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", 1863, published 1863, from Drei Lieder H. Heine, no. 2.
by E. Zimmermann , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3.
by J. Zöhrer , "Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'", from Sechs Lieder, no. 1.

by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936) , "Kogda gljazhu tebe v glaza", op. 4 (Pjat' romansov) no. 3 (1882), published 1883?
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Kogda gljazhu tebe v glaza", op. 25 (Dva romansa) no. 2 (1876?), published 1877.

by Philip Seward , "When I look into your eyes", op. 25 (Two songs to texts by Heinrich Heine) no. 2 (1993). [soprano and piano]

by Percy Lee Atherton (1871-1944) , "If I but look within thine eyes", op. 15 (Songs) no. 1, published c1901.

by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , "Dear, when I look into thine eyes", 1908, unpublished
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "Dear, when I look into thine eyes", op. 14 (Vier Heine-Lieder = Four Heine Songs) no. 1 (1898), published 1899. [medium voice and piano], also set in German
by William Noel Johnson (1863-1916) , "Dear, when I look into thine eyes", published 1893, from Six songs by Heinrich Heine, no. 2, also set in German

by Sabin Vasile Drăgoi (1894-1968) , "Serenadă", published 1972, from 10 cîntece pe versuri de Heine, no. 8.

by Alice Avery Gates , "Bitter sweet", published 1902 [high voice and piano], from Two songs, no. 1.

by Florence Gilbert , "When in your eyes", published 1893, from Two songs, no. 1.

by William Gardiner Hammond (1874-1945) , "When into thine eyes I gaze", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 2, also set in German

by Ernest Hanegan , "When I look into your eyes"

by Florence Hull , "When I look into thine eyes", published 1925, from Three songs, no. 2.

by Robert A. Keiser , "Love, when I gaze", published 1902.

by Arturo Lanzerotti , "When", published 1913.

by Henry J. Lautz , "When I look in thy tender eyes", op. 3 (Heine-Lieder (Heine-Songs)) no. 4, published 1909, also set in German

by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870-1946) , "When e'er I gaze within thine eyes", published 1901.

by Charles Fonteyn Manney (1872-1951) , "When gazing in thine eyes", op. 3 (Five songs) no. 1, published 1897. [medium voice and piano]

by Hugh Whitefield Martin (1874-1952) , "When, love, I gaze into thine eyes", published 1899 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Two songs, no. 2.

by William Harold Neidlinger (1863-1924) , "Thy glance so soft and tender, dear", published 1904 [medium voice and piano], from Two songs, no. 1.

by Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-) , "When as I gaze", published 1891, from Twelve Songs (solos) by Heine, no. 7.

by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857-1940) , "Dear, when I gaze", published 1904.

possibly by (George) Alexander Russell (1880-1953) , "While I am gazing in thine eyes", published 1911, may be a different Alexander Russell

by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837-1917) , "Lorsque je vois tes yeux", op. 38.

by Wenzel Schuster , "Dans tes yeux", op. 116.

by Frederic C. Shattuck , "When in thine eyes I see", published 1906, also set in German

by Marie L. Shedlock (1854-1935) , no title, published 1886, from Ten Songs, no. 1, also set in German

by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853-1918) , "När jag i dina ögon ser", 1872.

by Ward Stephens (1872-1940) , "When in thine eyes I gaze, my heart", published 1908, also set in German

FRE French (Charles Beltjens)
ENG English (Paul Hindemith)
DUT Dutch (Jan Rot)
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato)
SPA Spanish (Wilson Hidalgo)

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Dear, when I look into thine eyes

Dear, when I look into thine eyes,
My deepest sorrow straightway flies;
But when I kiss thy mouth, ah, then
No thought remains of bygone pain!

And when I lean upon thy breast,
No dream of heaven could be more blest;
But, when thou say'st thou lovest me,
I fall to weeping bitterly.

by Alma Strettell

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 4 DUT RUS ROM ITA FRE SPA

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

by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , "Dear, when I look into thine eyes", 1908, unpublished
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "Dear, when I look into thine eyes", op. 14 (Vier Heine-Lieder = Four Heine Songs) no. 1 (1898), published 1899. [medium voice and piano], also set in German
by William Noel Johnson (1863-1916) , "Dear, when I look into thine eyes", published 1893, from Six songs by Heinrich Heine, no. 2, also set in German

Date added to the website: 2008-11-08.