The rose has complained

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es hat die Rose sich beklagt

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE

  Es hat die Rose sich beklagt,
Daß gar zu schnell der Duft vergehe,
Den ihr der Lenz gegeben habe --

  Da hab' ich ihr zum Trost gesagt,
Daß er durch meine Lieder wehe
Und dort ein ew'ges Leben habe.

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Confirmed with Friedrich Bodenstedt's Gesammelte Schriften, Erster Band, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R.v. Decker), 1865, page 52.

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 10 [author's text checked 2 times 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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The rose has complained

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  The rose has complained
That the scent, given to her by springtime,
Disappears all too quickly --

  Thereupon I comforted her by saying
That it wafts through my songs
And has an eternal life there.

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Translations of title(s):
"Es hat die Rose sich beklagt" = "The rose has complained"
"Trost" = "Comfort"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 10
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 38