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

Mein Herz schmückt sich mit dir
 (Sung text for setting by F. Gernsheim)
 Matches base text
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.

Composition:

    Set to music by Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), "Mein Herz schmückt sich mit dir", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Cranz

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 3

Based on:

  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "My heart is bright with thee"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

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