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by Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (c1210 - c1292), as Saadi
Translation by Karl Heinrich Graf (1815 - 1869)

Ist einer Welt Besitz für dich zerronnen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ist einer Welt Besitz für dich zerronnen,
      Sei nicht in Leid darüber, es ist nichts;
Und hast du einer Welt Besitz gewonnen,
      Sei nicht erfreut darüber, es ist nichts.
Vorüber gehn die Schmerzen und die Wonnen;
      Geh an der Welt vorüber, es ist nichts.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Heinrich Graf (1815 - 1869), "Spruch aus den Anwari Soheili" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (c1210 - c1292), as Saadi [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 Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857 - 1929), "Spruch", op. 8 (Lieder und Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 9, published 1885 [ mixed chorus ], Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Ist einer Welt Besitz" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Maxim", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-27
Line count: 6
Word count: 44

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