Mooi was, wat ‘k aan je wijdde

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Schön war, das ich dir weihte

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Turkish (Türkçe)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

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.

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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 Turkish (Türkçe) 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), "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 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Schön war's dass ich Dir weihte", op. 51 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]

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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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Word count: 32

Mooi was, wat ‘k aan je wijdde

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Mooi was, wat ‘k aan je wijdde,
De gouden band en ringen,
Zoet was de luitentoon
Die ‘k jou had uitverkoren;
Het hart toch, dat ze beide
Jou aanbood, had behoren,
Echt, te ontvangen wel een beter loon.

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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
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Based on:

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

This text was added to the website: 2015-03-06
Line count: 7
Word count: 38