Kerzen und Augen

Dich blendet Kerzenlicht!  Mich nicht!
Mich blendet Augenlicht; dich nicht.
O würden meine Augen deine Kerzen, 
die würden dich fürwahr so sehr nicht schmerzen.
Mir sind die liebsten Augen,
in welche sich die meinen gerne tauchen.

by Friedrich von Gerstenberg

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

by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869) , "Kerzen und Augen", op. 69 no. 5 (1836).

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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