Ihr schwarzen Augen, Op. 65, No. 4 (Johannes Brahms)
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General Information
Title: Ihr Schwarzen Augen, Op. 65, No. 4
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: B
Genre: Secular, Lieder
Language: German
Instruments: Piano 2 Pianos (4 Hand Piano)
Published: 1874
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Original text and translations
German text
- Ihr schwarzen Augen, ihr dürft nur winken;
- Paläste fallen und Städte sinken.
- Wie sollte steh'n in solchem Strauß
- mein Herz, von Karten das schwache Haus?
- German text by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875)
- Based on a text in Turkish by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
English translation
- You black eyes, you need only beckon,
- and palaces fall and cities sink.
- How should then my heart withstand
- such strife, inside its weak house of cards?
- English translation copyright by Emily Ezust - [The Lied and Art Song Page]
- Used with translator's permission.
