The hurdy-gurdy man under Nuschabe's tent | I sat at the source of Euphrates

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by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich saß am Euphratquelle

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

    Leiermann in die Töne des Nachspiels einfallend
Ich saß am Euphratquelle,
Und dachte liebend dein,
Die Wogen strömten helle
Im lichten Sonnenschein.
 
    Da drang es aus den Tiefen
Wie Flöten an mein Ohr,
Und süße Stimmen riefen:
"Komm doch in unsern Chor."
 
Ich aber sprach dagegen:
"Der Weg ist mir zu naß,
Und euer Fluthensegen
Ist eben auch kein Spaß."
 
    Da lachte das Gesindel
In seinem Wasserschrein,
Ich aber nahm mein Bündel
Und ging und dachte dein.

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Confirmed with Bilder des Orients von Heinrich Stieglitz, Zweiter Band, II. Persien, Leipzig, bei Carl Cnobloch, 1831, pages 239-240.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), no title, appears in Bilder des Orients, from a play called Ein Tag in Isphahan, first published 1831 [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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Leiermann unter Nuschabe's Zelt!", op. 90, Heft 2 no. 7, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], from Bilder des Orients von H. Stieglitz [I], no. 14, Berlin, Fröhlich und Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The hurdy-gurdy man under Nuschabe's tent", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-07-28
Line count: 17
Word count: 78

The hurdy‑gurdy man under Nuschabe's tent

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I sat at the source of Euphrates,
And thought lovingly of you,
The waves flowed brightly
In the brilliant sunshine.
 
    Then from the depths a sound
Like flutes came to my ear,
And sweet voices called:
"Why don't you join our choir?"
 
But I countered:
"The way is too wet for me,
And your plethora of floods
Is not exactly a jest."
 
    At that the rabble laughed
In its watery cabinet,
But I, I took up my bundle
And went off and thought of you.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), no title, appears in Bilder des Orients, from a play called Ein Tag in Isphahan, first published 1831
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This text was added to the website: 2015-07-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 86