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by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852)
Translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Mein Herz schmückt sich mit dir, wie...
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Mein Herz schmückt sich mit dir, wie sich
der Himmel mit der Sonne schmückt,
du gibst ihm Glanz und ohne dich,
bleibt es in dunkle Nacht entrückt.

Gleich wie die Welt all' ihre Pracht 
verhüllt, wenn Dunkel sie umfließt,
und nur, wenn ihr die Sonne lacht,
zeigt, was sie Schönes in sich schließt.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 3 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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