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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

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.
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Word count: 62

Wenn sich dein Blick in meine Augen senkt

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Wenn sich dein Blick in meine Augen senkt,
dann bin ich ganz in ihnen.

Wenn deine Lippen meine Lippen lösen.
ist meine Liebe nur mein Mund.

Und streifst du mir durchs Haar,
dann bin ich ganz in ihm.

Und rührt an meine Brust sanft deine Hand,
durchzuckt ein jähes Feuer mich.

Bin ich’s, die du erwählt?
Nimm denn mein Herz, mein Leben.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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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: 2015-02-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 62