The nightingale laments in the garden | The nightingale laments in the garden

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Im Garten klagt die Nachtigall

(Sung text for setting by J. Gall)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili)

Our translations: ENG

Im Garten klagt die Nachtigall
Und senkt das feine Köpfchen nieder:
Was hilft's, daß ich so schöne Lieder
Und wundersüße Töne habe --
Solange ich das grau Gefieder
Und nicht der Rose Schöne hab'!
 
Im Blumenbeet die Rose klagt:
Wie soll das Leben mir gefallen?
Was hilft's, daß vor den Blumen allen
Ich Schöne, Duft und Anmuth habe --
Solang' ich nicht der Nachtigallen
Gesang und süße Töne hab'!
 
Mirza-Schaffy entschied den Streit.
Er sprach: Laßt euer Klagen beide,
Du Rose in duft'gem Kleide,
Du Nachtigall mit deinem Lied:
Vereint zur Lust und Ohrenweide
Der Menschen euch in meinen Liedern!

Composition:

Jan Karol Gall

Zwei Lieder für drei Frauenstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Lieder der Klage, no. 1

Based on:

a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The nightingale laments in the garden", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 107

The nightingale laments in the garden

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Gall)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The nightingale laments in the garden
And its delicate little head droops:
What good is it that I have such beautiful songs
And such wondrously sweet sounds --
As long as I have this my grey plumage
And not the beauty of the rose!

In the flowerbed the rose complains:
How can life please me?
What good is it that more than all other flowers
I have beauty, scent, and grace --
As long as I do not have the nightingale's
Song and sweet sounds!

Mirza-Schaffy resolved the matter.
He spoke:  Leave off complaining,
You rose with your scented garments,
You nightingale with your song:
Unite yourselves in my poems
For humankind's joy and listening pleasure.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Lieder der Klage, no. 1
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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: 2011-08-28
Line count: 18
Word count: 116