Verzicht', o Herz, auf Rettung
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Turkish (Türkçe)
Available translation(s): AFR CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA
Verzicht', o Herz, auf Rettung,
Dich wagend in der Liebe Meer!
Denn tausend Nachen schwimmen
Zertrümmert am Gestad' umher!
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Confirmed with G.Fr. Daumer, Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte - Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 160.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (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) , "Relinquish, o heart, the hope of rescue", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Rinuncia, mio cuore, a salvarti", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Give up, o heart, on rescue
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Give up, o heart, on rescue
when you sail forth on love’s high sea!
For untold shipwrecks litter
her beaches with their grim debris!
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-09
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