When you sink your eyes into my eyes

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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG GER

Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux,
Je suis toute dans mes yeux.

Quand ta bouche dénoue ma bouche,
Mon amour n'est que ma bouche.

Quand tu frôles mes cheveux,
Je n'existe plus qu'en eux.

Quand ta main effleure mes seins,
J'y monte comme un feu soudain.

Est-ce moi que tu as choisie ?
Là est mon âme, là est ma vie.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with van Lerberghe, Charles, Entrevisions, suivi de Poèmes posthumes, Paris, G. Crès, 1923, pages 98-99.

Text Authorship:

by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1898, appears in Entrevisions, in 2. Le jardin clos, no. 11, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by René Bernier (1905 - 1984), "Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux" [ high voice and piano ], from Entrevisions, no. 2, Bruxelles, Éd. Fernand Lauweryns [sung text not yet checked]
by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux", op. 106 no. 2 (1914), published 1915 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le jardin clos, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quan tu enfonses els teus ulls en els meus ulls", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "Als je dan jouw ogen in de mijne onderdompelt", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2013
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wenn sich dein Blick in meine Augen senkt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Didier Pelat

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 62

When you sink your eyes into my eyes

Language: English after the French (Français)

When you sink your eyes into my eyes,
I exist entirely in my eyes.

When your mouth seeks my mouth,
My love exists solely in my mouth.

When you graze my hair,
I exist only there.

When your hand grazes my bosom,
I rise up like a sudden conflagration.

Is it me that you have chosen?
There is my soul, there is my life.

About the headline (FAQ)

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2013 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1898, appears in Entrevisions, in 2. Le jardin clos, no. 11, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 64