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

Einst hielt ich Dich umwunden
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) 
Our translations:  ENG
Einst hielt ich Dich umwunden
Mit jugendstarkem Arm:
Die Jugend ist verschwunden,
Doch schlägt mein Herz noch warm.

In meinem Lebensringe
Bist Du der Edelstein,
Und alles was ich singe,
Sing ich nur Dir allein!

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•   F. Liszt 

F. Liszt sets stanza 2, 1

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Confirmed with Aus dem Nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch mit Prolog und erlänterndem Nachtrag von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Vierte Auflage, Berlin, J. Kofmann & Comp., 1876 p. 27.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Alte Liebe" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

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