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Dich nicht sehen sollt' ich, Und dich schauen wollt' ich! Schleier hielt verborgen Deiner Wangen Morgen; -- Deiner Lippen Nelken, Dürfen sie verwelken Ungeküsst? Finster ist der Garten, Doch mir hat im zarten Kelche blauer Winden, Die dein Fenster binden Sich ein Licht entzündet, Das die Nelke kündet, Nie geküsst. Auf den Finger flog dir's, Aus dem Dunkel zog mir's Meine rothen Nelken! -- Ehe sie verwelken, Lass, bei Lichtchens Glühen, Ihre Knospen blühen, Wach geküsst!
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Confirmed with: Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, Dem Neutürkischen nachgedichtet von Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt, Leipzig: Verlag von Schmidt & Günther, 1893, pages 24-25.
Text Authorship:
- by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), "Leuchtkäfer (Jildiz-kurdu)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Stimmen des Gartens (Bagtsche-sedalari) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé , "Jildiz-Kurdu" [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Leuchtkäfer", op. 182 no. 8, published 1885 [ SATB quartet, SATB chorus, and piano ], from Vom goldenen Horn. Türkisches Liederspiel für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor und Pianoforte, no. 8, Leuckart, Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Earl Rosenbaum
This text was added to the website: 2012-06-04
Line count: 21
Word count: 74
I was not to see you, And I wanted to look upon you! The veil concealed The dawn of your cheeks; -- The carnations of your lips, Are they to be permitted to wilt Unkissed? The garden lies in darkness, But in the delicate chalices Of the blue morning-glories That surround your window, A light has been ignited That heralds the carnation Never kissed. It [the firefly] flew upon your finger, From out of the darkness it drew forth For me my red carnations! -- Before they wilt, Let, by the glowing of the little light, Their buds bloom and be Kissed awake!
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Translations of title(s):
"Leuchtkäfer" = "Firefly "
"Leuchtkäfer (Jildiz-kurdu)" = "Firefly (Jildiz-kurdu)"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), "Leuchtkäfer (Jildiz-kurdu)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Stimmen des Gartens (Bagtsche-sedalari)
Based on:
- a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé , "Jildiz-Kurdu" [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-31
Line count: 21
Word count: 101