by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Schön war, das ich dir weihte Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Turkish (Türkçe)
Schön war, das ich dir weihte, das goldene Geschmeide, süß war der Laute Ton, die ich dir auserlesen; das Herze, das sie beide darbrachte, wert gewesen wär's, zu empfangen einen bessern Lohn.
Composition:
- Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Schön war, das ich dir weihte", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7 (1884), published 1884 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855
Based on:
- a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Fair was my gift to you", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Era bello...", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 32