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Meine Thränen im [Bußegewand]1 Die Wallfahrt haben Zur Kaaba der Schönheit angetreten. In der Wüste brennendem Sand Sind sie begraben, Nicht hingelangten sie anzubeten.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Oestliche Rosen von Friedrich Rückert. Drei Lesen. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, page 369.
1 Schubert: "Bußgewand"Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 3. Dritte Lese, first published 1822 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Wallfahrt", D 778A (1823?), published 1969 [ bass, piano ], Bärenreiter, VN 19301, Kassel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El pelegrinatge", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De pelgrimage", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le pèlerinage", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il pellegrinaggio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 25
My tears in sackcloth Have begun the pilgrimage Toward Ka’aba the beautiful. In the wilderness of burning sand You are buried, Not [allowing me] to worship [you] there.
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Translation of title "Die Wallfahrt" = "The Pilgrimage"Translator's notes:
Line 1: "sackcloth" indicates that the speaker is dressed as a penitent
Line 3: "Ka'aba": the Muslim "House of God" in Mecca; in some editions Schubert has "Aula" = the Great Hall
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 3. Dritte Lese, first published 1822
This text was added to the website: 2015-12-27
Line count: 6
Word count: 28