The necklace, the row of pearl after pearl | The necklace, the row of pearl after pearl

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Kyle Gee

Die Schnur, die Perl' an Perle

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

Die Schnur, die Perl' an Perle
Um deinen Hals gereihte,
Wie wiegt sie sich so fröhlich
Auf deiner schönen Brust!
Mit Seel' und Sinn begabet,
Mit Seligkeit berauschet
Sie, diese Götterlust.

Was müssen wir erst fühlen,
In welchen Herzen schlagen,
So heiße Menschenherzen,
Wofern es uns gestattet,
Uns traulich anzuschmiegen
An eine solche Brust?

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Die Schnur, die Perl' an Perle", op. 57 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 7 (<<1871), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El collaret amb l’enfilall de perles", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het snoer met enkel parels", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The string, on which pearl after pearl", copyright ©
ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "The necklace, the row of pearl after pearl", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le collier, perle après perle", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 54

The necklace, the row of pearl after pearl

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The necklace, the row of pearl after pearl
that is strung across your collar, 
how pleasantly it sways
on your gorgeous breast! 
It is endowed with soul and feeling, 
intoxicated with bliss
from this divine pleasure.

What must our own emotions be then, 
we, in whom hearts beat, 
such passionate human hearts, 
if we are allowed
to intimately nestle 
against such a breast?

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Kyle Gee, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-09
Line count: 13
Word count: 63