Wie bist du, meine Königin

Wie bist du, meine Königin,
Durch sanfte Güte wonnevoll!
Du lächle nur, Lenzdüfte wehn
Durch mein Gemüte, wonnevoll!

Frisch aufgeblühter Rosen Glanz,
Vergleich ich ihn dem deinigen?
Ach, über alles, was da blüht,
Ist deine Blüte wonnevoll!

Durch tote Wüsten wandle hin,
Und grüne Schatten breiten sich,
Ob fürchterliche Schwüle dort
Ohn Ende brüte, wonnevoll!

Laß mich vergehn in deinem Arm!
Es ist ihm ja selbst der Tod,
Ob auch die herbste Todesqual
Die Brust durchwüte, wonnevoll!

Translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

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• by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846 [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable] FRE
• Go to the text.

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

• by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Wie bist du, meine Königin", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 9, published 1865 [voice and piano], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Wie bist du meine Königin", H. 227 no. 5 (1874), from Neue Lieder, no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Paul de Stoecklin (1873 - 1964) GER by Blair Fairchild.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "Reina meva, com n'ets, de deliciosa", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wat ben je toch, mijn koningin", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How blissful you are, my queen", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ma reine, comme tu es", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2003-11-04.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:58
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Word count: 77

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How blissful you are, my queen

How blissful you are, my queen,
When you are gentle and good!
Merely smile, and spring fragrance wafts
Through my spirit blissfully!

The brightness of freshly blooming roses,
Shall I compare it to yours?
Ah, soaring over all that blooms
Is your bloom, blissful!

Wander through dead wastelands,
And green shadows will be spreading,
Even if fearful sultriness
Broods there without end... blissfully!

Let me die in your arms!
It is in them that Death itself,
Even if the sharpest pain
Rages in my breast... is blissful!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846 CAT DUT FRE GER ITA SPA FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Johannes Brahms, Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich. Go to the text.

• a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable] FRE
• Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2003-11-04.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:58
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Word count: 87