Language: German (Deutsch) after the Turkish (Türkçe)
Stiller Grabstein im Zypressendüster,
Den die Muschel krönet, leer und golden,
Antwort gieb dem Abendwindgeflüster,
Das nach deiner Perle fragt, der holden,
Nach der Perle: die der Tod erkor,
Nach der Seele mein, die ich verlor --
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Schweige, schweige, Abendhauch im Thale!
Meine Perle: Dich hat fortgenommen
Hin zum Paradiese eine Welle,
Und in Allah's Hand bist du gekommen,
Dass sein Lebensodem dich erhelle,
Dass sein Glanz sich in die Kette schmiegt,
Die auf Allah's heilgem Herzen liegt --
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Schweige, schweige, Abendhauch im Thale!
Confirmed with: Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, Dem Neutürkischen nachgedichtet von Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt, Leipzig: Verlag von Schmidt & Günther, 1893, page 53.
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Set to music by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Perle", op. 182 no. 5, published 1885 [ SATB quartet, SATB chorus, and piano ], from Vom goldenen Horn. Türkisches Liederspiel für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor und Pianoforte, no. 5, Leuckart, Leipzig
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Silent tombstone in the gloom of the cypresses,
Crowned by a seashell, empty and golden,
Answer the whispering of the evening wind,
Which asks after your pearl, the lovely one,
After the pearl, chosen by death,
After my soul, which I lost --
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Fall silent, fall silent, gentle evening breeze in the valley!
My pearl: A wave has taken
You away to Paradise,
And you have come into the hand of Allah,
That his breath of life may illumine you,
That his radiance may nestle itself into the chain
That lies upon Allah's holy heart --
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Fall silent, fall silent, gentle evening breeze in the valley!
Translations of title(s):
"Perle" = "Pearl"
"Perle (Indschü)" = "Pearl (Indschü)"
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