Wir hatten einander gerne, und lauschten heimlich versteckt als wie zwei Mandelkerne, von einer Schale bedeckt.
Confirmed with Erbauliches und Beschauliches aus dem Morgenland, zweites Bändchen, Berlin, 1838. Appears in Arabische Volkslieder, no. 19, page 121; and confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's gesammelte Poetische Werke in zwölf Bänden, sechster Band, erste Abtheilung, fünftes Buch, Frankfurt am Main: J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1868. Appears in Wanderung, in Fünfter Bezirk. Erbauliches und Beschauliches aus dem Morgenlande, in Arabische Volkslieder, no. 19, page 101.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Die engste Nähe", appears in Wanderung, in 5. Fünfter Bezirk. Erbauliches und Beschauliches aus dem Morgenlande, in Arabische Volkslieder, no. 19 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Die engste Nähe", 183-? [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The closest nearness", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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