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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

O du, von der getrennt mich
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Arabic (العربية) 
O du, von der getrennt mich
Unbeugsame Gewalten,
Feindselige Schrecken halten,
Die deiner Tage Herrn!
O sprich, wie kann ich athmen,
Wo deines Hauches Ambra
Nicht alle Lüfte würzet,
O sprich, wie kann ich athmen,
Von deinem Munde fern?
O sprich, wie kann ich leben,
Getrennt von einem Lichte,
Dem seine Strahlenwonne
Zu danken hat der Sonne
Lichtloser, dunkler Kern?
O sprich, wie kann ich leben
Fern deinem Angesichte,
Fern deinem Augenstern?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Arabisch, in 1. Die Blicke deiner Augen, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "O du, von der getrennt", op. 8 no. 4, published 1852 [voice and piano], from Cyclus arabischer Dichtungen. Uebersetzung von Daumer, no. 4, Berlin, Schlesinger [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-11-24
Line count: 17
Word count: 72

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