¿En dónde lo encontraré? ¿En donde florece

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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)

Translation © by Saúl Botero Restrepo

Wo find' ich sie? Wo blüht, wo liegt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE ITA SPA

Die Peri
 Wo find' ich sie? Wo blüht, wo liegt
 Die Gabe, die dem Himmel g'nügt?
 Ich kenne die Urnen, mit Schätzen gefüllt,
 Tief unter Tschelminars Säulen verhüllt;
 Ich sah der Weihrauchinseln Grün
 Viel Klaftern tief im Meere blühn;
 Ich weiß auch, wo die Genien
 König Jamschids Pokal verhehlen.
 Er ist von Gold und von Juwelen,
 Und Lebenstropfen sind sein Getränk.
 Doch will auch der Himmel solch Geschenk?
 Strahlt je der Demant einer Krone
 Wie die Stufen an Allahs Wunderthrone?
 Und, o ihr Lebenstropfen, was seid
 Ihr für die Tiefen der Ewigkeit!

Note: this text is a translation of part of Thomas Moore's Paradise and the Peri.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Wo find' ich sie? Wo blüht, wo liegt", op. 50 no. 4 (1843), published 1844, from Das Paradies und die Peri, no. 4, Part I; Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "On el trobaré? On floreix, on és", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Où vais-je le trouver ? Où fleurit, où repose", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dove posso trovarlo? Dove fiorisce, dove è riposto", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
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¿En dónde lo encontraré? ¿En donde...

Language: Spanish (Español) after the German (Deutsch)

La Peri
 ¿En dónde lo encontraré? ¿En donde florece,
 en dónde está la ofrenda que al Cielo satisface?
 Conozco las urnas de tesoros llenas, 
 profundamente ocultos bajo las columnas de Chilminar¹,
 he visto las verdes islas del incienso
 que se encuentran en el mar profundo;
 sé también en dónde esconden los Genios
 la copa del rey Jamshid, 
 hecha de oro y gemas
 y llena del elixir de la vida. 
 ¿Mas quiere el Cielo tal presente?
 ¿Brillan los diamantes de una corona
 como las gradas del trono de Alá?
 ¡Y qué serás, el elixir de la vida,
 para las profundidades de la eternidad!

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¹ Persépolis

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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-28
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