by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Translation by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)
Finstere Schatten der Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi)
Finstere Schatten der Nacht, Wogen- und Wirbelgefahr! Sind wohl, die da gelind rasten auf sicherem Lande, euch zu begreifen im Stande? Das ist der nur allein, welcher auf wilder See stürmischer Öde treibt, Meilenentfernt vom Strande.
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Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- 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), "Finstere Schatten der Nacht", op. 65 no. 2 (1875), published 1875 [ vocal quartet and piano four-hands or instrumental ensemble ], from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 2, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
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) , "Dark shades of night", 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) , "Oscure ombre notturne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet) , no title, first published 1859
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 36
Грозные тени ночей
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch)
Грозные тени ночей, Ужасы волн и смерчей, — Кто на покойной земле, Даже при полном желаньи, Вас понимать в состояньи? Тот лишь один вас поймет, Кто под дыханием бурь В неизмеримом плывет От берегов растояньи.
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Note on TransliterationsAuthorship:
- by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis
Based on:
- 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 35