My tears in sackcloth

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Meine Thränen im Bußegewand

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Meine Thränen im [Bußegewand]¹
Die Wallfahrt haben 
Zur Kaaba der Schönheit angetreten.
In der Wüste brennendem Sand
Sind sie begraben, 
Nicht hingelangten sie anzubeten.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Oestliche Rosen von Friedrich Rückert. Drei Lesen. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, page 369.

¹ Schubert: "Bußgewand"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 3. Dritte Lese, first published 1822 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Wallfahrt", D 778A (1823?), published 1969 [ bass, piano ], Bärenreiter, VN 19301, Kassel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El pelegrinatge", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De pelgrimage", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le pèlerinage", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il pellegrinaggio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 24

My tears in sackcloth

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My tears in sackcloth
Have begun the pilgrimage 
Toward Ka’aba the beautiful.
In the wilderness of burning sand
You are buried, 
Not [allowing me] to worship [you] there.

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Translation of title "Die Wallfahrt" = "The Pilgrimage"

Translator's notes:
Line 1: "sackcloth" indicates that the speaker is dressed as a penitent
Line 3: "Ka'aba": the Muslim "House of God" in Mecca; in some editions Schubert has "Aula" = the Great Hall

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 3. Dritte Lese, first published 1822
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-27
Line count: 6
Word count: 28