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

An Edlitam. Zur silbernen Hochzeit
 (Sung text for setting by F. Liszt)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) 
Our translations:  ENG
 ... 

In meinem Lebensringe
Bist Du der Edelstein,
Und alles was ich singe,
Sing ich nur Dir allein!

Einst hielt ich Dich umwunden
Mit jugendstarkem Arm:
Die Jugend ist entschwunden,
Doch schlägt mein Herz noch warm.

 ... 
Confirmed with Aus dem Nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch mit Prolog und erlänterndem Nachtrag von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Vierte Auflage, Berlin, J. Kofmann & Comp., 1876 p. 27.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "An Edlitam. Zur silbernen Hochzeit", S. 333 (1878), published 1879, stanza 2,1 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Alte Liebe"

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 (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

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