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Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram, Ein Lied eintöniger Weise, [Doch]1 immer noch, wo ich's vernahm, Mitsummen mußt' [ich]2 leise.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's gesammelte Poetische Werke in zwölf Bänden, Fünfter Band, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1868, page 357.
1 Brahms: "Und"2 Brahms: "ich's"
Authorship
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Stellen aus Hafisens Liedern, no. 40 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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), "Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram", op. 113 no. 13, published 1891 [4 sopranos, 2 altos], from 13 Kanons für Frauenstimmen, no. 13, Leipzig, Peters [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The grief of love is monotonous", copyright © 2015
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "La douleur de l'amour est monotone", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
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Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn, 'k Kan het eentonig slechts noemen, Maar altijd weer, waar 't ook mocht zijn, Moest ik het zacht meezoemen.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Stellen aus Hafisens Liedern, no. 40
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2015-12-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 23