Obschon auf dem Felde nichts zu thun ist, Geht der Arme doch nicht heim In seine Wohnung, meidend den Schmerz Des durch den Tod der lieben Gattinn vereinsamten Hauses.
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Confirmed with Albrecht (Friedrich) Weber, Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, herausgegeben von der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, fünfter Band, no. 3, ed. by Dr. Ludolf Krehl, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. The entire volume published with all its parts in 1876. Appears in part no. 3, Über das Saptaçatakam des Hāla. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Prakrit, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1870, page 128, verse no. 171.
Authorship:
- by Albrecht (Friedrich) Weber (1825 - 1901) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Maharashtri Prakrit possibly by Hāla (flourished c20-24) [text unavailable]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf von Wilbrandt (Wilbrand) (1837 - 1911) , no title, appears in Lieder und Bilder, in Indische Liedchen, in Scheiden und Sterben [an adaptation] ; composed by Georg Göhler.
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