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Du willst mich ketten An deinen Finger? Du willst mich bannen In deinen Zwinger[;] Du willst dich ranken Um meine Gedanken Und nicht erwarmen Mir in den Armen? -- -- Löse dich, Böse! Kannst du nur wuchern, Kannst du nicht blühen, Bleibet vergebens All dein Bemühen! Strickendes Halten Sonder Entfalten, Narrendes Necken Sind mir ein Schrecken; -- Löse dich, Böse!
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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, page 26.
Text Authorship:
- by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), as Ernst Oswald, "Kettenfinger (Parmak zindjiri)", 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 [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 Pauline von Erdmannsdörfer-Fichtner, née Oprawill (1847 - 1916), "Kettenfinger", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Türkische Liebeslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Ries & Erler [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], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 57
You wish to chain me To your finger? You wish to banish me Into your castle keep? You wish to twine yourself About my thoughts And not grow warm Within my arms? -- -- Disengage yourself, evil one! If you can only run wild, If you cannot blossom, Then all your efforts Are in vain! An enmeshing hold Without unfurling, Foolish teasing Are a horror to me; -- Disengage yourself, evil one!
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Translations of title(s):
"Kettenfinger" = "Chain-finger"
"Kettenfinger (Parmak zindjiri)" = "Chain-finger (Parmak zindjiri)"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), as Ernst Oswald, "Kettenfinger (Parmak zindjiri)", 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 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 69