by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826)
Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Allah gibt Licht in Nächten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Allah gibt Licht in Nächten, Allah gibt Trost in Not! Und bleich gehärmte Wange Färbt Allah wieder rot! Blumen und Blüten welken, Jahre verschwinden im Flug; Doch ach! mein Herz wird bleiben, Das hier voll Schwermut schlug! Fröhlich zu Allah's Wohnung Werd' ich hinüber gehn, Dort wird die Nacht verschwinden, Dort wird mein Aug' ihn sehn.
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Confirmed with Siegfried August Mahlmann, Kleine Erzählungen, Gedichte und prosaische Aufsätze, erste Sammlung, Zofingen: no publisher named, 1801. Appears in Benno. Eine Erzählung , chapter 12, pages 21 - 22.
Authorship:
- by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826), no title, appears in Kleine Erzählungen, Gedichte und prosaische Aufsätze, in Benno. Eine Erzählung, first published 1801 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Carl Theodor Moritz (1772 - 1834), "Gesang der blinden Thirza", op. 7 (Neun Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianofore) no. 9, published 1814 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Thirza I", published 1800, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft II, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , appears in Kéramos and Other Poems, first published 1878 ; composed by George Whitefield Chadwick, Victor Ila Clark, John Herbert Foulds, Alexander S. Gibson, Jules Jordan, Arthur Walter Kramer, Daniel Protheroe, Edward Oswald Schaaf, William C. Steere, Max R. Wald, Hermann Weil.
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
Allah
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Allah gives light in darkness, Allah gives rest in pain, Cheeks that are white with weeping Allah paints red again. The flowers and the blossoms wither, Years vanish with flying feet, But my heart will live on forever, That here in sadness beat. Gladly to Allahs dwelling Yonder would I take flight, There will the darkness vanish, There will my eyes have light.
Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), appears in Kéramos and Other Poems, first published 1878 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826), no title, appears in Kleine Erzählungen, Gedichte und prosaische Aufsätze, in Benno. Eine Erzählung, first published 1801
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Allah", 1887 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Ila Clark , "Allah", published 1932 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Herbert Foulds (1880 - 1939), "Allah", op. 69 (Three Songs) no. 1 (c1922), published 1925, first performed 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander S. Gibson , "Allah", published 1906 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Jordan (1850 - 1927), "Allah", published 1890 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Walter Kramer (1890 - 1969), "Allah", op. 29 no. 2, published 1912 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "Allah", published 1896 [ contralto or baritone, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "Allah", published 1928 [ TTBB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Oswald Schaaf (1869 - 1939), "Allah", op. 3, published 1902 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William C. Steere , "Allah", op. 15 no. 1, published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max R. Wald (1889 - 1954), "Allah", published 1906 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Weil (1877 - 1949), "Allah", published 1917 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 64