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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wie bist du, meine Königin

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Wie bist du, meine Königin,
  Durch sanfte Güte wonnevoll!
Du lächle nur -- Lenzdüfte weh'n
  Durch mein Gemüte wonnevoll.

Frisch aufgeblühter Rosen Glanz,
  Vergleich ich ihn dem deinigen?
Ach, über alles, was da blüht,
  Ist deine Blüthe wonnevoll!

Durch tote Wüsten wandle hin,
  Und grüne Schatten breiten sich,
Ob fürchterliche Schwüle dort
  Ohn' Ende brüte, wonnevoll.

Laß mich vergeh'n in deinem Arm!
  Es ist ihm ja selbst der Tod,
Ob auch die herbste Todesqual
  Die Brust durchwüte, wonnevoll.

Composition:

Johannes Brahms

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 48, first published 1846

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "Reina meva, com n'ets, de deliciosa", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wat ben je toch, mijn koningin", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How blissful you are, my queen", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ma reine, comme tu es", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

How blissful you are, my queen

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How blissful you are, my queen,
When you are gentle and good!
Merely smile, and spring fragrance wafts
Through my spirit blissfully!

The brightness of freshly blooming roses,
Shall I compare it to yours?
Ah, soaring over all that blooms
Is your bloom, blissful!

Wander through dead wastelands,
And green shadows will be spreading,
Even if fearful sultriness
Broods there without end... blissfully!

Let me die in your arms!
It is in them that Death itself,
Even if the sharpest pain
Rages in my breast... is blissful!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 48, first published 1846
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 87