Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn | Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram,
Ein Lied eintöniger Weise,
[Doch]¹ immer noch, wo ich's vernahm,
Mitsummen mußt' [ich]² leise.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Brahms

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's gesammelte Poetische Werke in zwölf Bänden, Fünfter Band, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1868, page 357.

¹ Brahms: "Und"
² Brahms: "ich's"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Stellen aus Hafisens Liedern, no. 40 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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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), "Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram", op. 113 no. 13, published 1891 [ 4 sopranos, 2 altos ], from 13 Kanons für Frauenstimmen, no. 13, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Liebesgram" [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 58 [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Monòtona és la pena d’amor", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The grief of love is monotonous", copyright © 2015
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La douleur de l'amour est monotone", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn,
'k Kan het eentonig slechts noemen,
Maar altijd weer, waar 't ook mocht zijn,
Moest ik het zacht meezoemen.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Stellen aus Hafisens Liedern, no. 40
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 23