My heart adorns itself with you, as does

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mein Herz schmückt sich mit dir

(Sung text for setting by E. Frank)

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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 verhüllt.

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:

Ernst Frank

Fünf Lieder aus Mirza Schaffy von Bodenstedt

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

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

My heart adorns itself with you, as does

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Frank)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My heart adorns itself with you, as does
the sky with the sun,
you give it radiance and without you
it remains lost in dark night.

Just as the world hides all its glory,
when darkness flows around it,
and only when the sun smiles upon it
shows what beauty it contains.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Zuléikha, no. 3
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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: 2019-02-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 52