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Sohn, im Anfang sieh das Ende, Uebe den Prophetenblick, Dass nicht jählings dein Geschick Dich verleite, dich verblende, Oder sich zerschmetternd wende. Sohn, dem Roth des Morgens zeige Wach dich schon zur Dämmerzeit, [Halte dich zum Schlaf bereit Um die erste Abendneige,]1 Und im Dunkel hoff' und schweige.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed 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 119.
1 Schmid: "Um die erste Abendneige / Halte dich zum Schlaf bereit"Text Authorship:
- by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), "Rath (Nasihat)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Weisheit (Akillilik) [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 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Rat (Nasihat)", op. 19 no. 13, published 1911-13 [ voice and piano ], from Türkisches Liederbuch, no. 13, München: Wunderhornverlag, 1917 [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
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Son, in the beginning see the end, Practise the prophetic sight, So that your fate may not abruptly Lead you astray, blind you, Or turn itself in order to crush you. Son, show yourself awake to the red Of the morning, at first light already; [At the first falling of evening Hold yourself ready for sleeping,]1 And in the darkness, be hopeful and silent.
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"Rat" = "Good council"
"Rat (Nasihat)" = "Good council (Nasihat)"
"Rath (Nasihat)" = "Good council (Nasihat)"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), "Rath (Nasihat)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Weisheit (Akillilik)
Based on:
- a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2020-07-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 65