So we stand, I and my mistress | So we stand, I and my mistress

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

So steh'n wir, ich und meine Weide

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

  So steh'n wir, ich und meine Weide,
So leider mit einander beide:

  Nie kann ich ihr was thun zu Liebe,
Nie kann sie mir was thun zu Leide.

  Sie kränket es, wenn ich die Stirn ihr
Mit einem Diadem bekleide;

  Ich danke selbst, wie für ein Lächeln
Der Huld, für ihre Zornbescheide.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with G. Fr. Daumer, Hafis. Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte. Nebst poetischen Zugaben aus verschiedenen Völkern und Ländern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 21.

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 36, first published 1846 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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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), "So stehn wir, ich und meine Weide", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 8 (1864), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ludwig Grünberger (1839 - 1896), "So steh'n wir, ich und meine Weide", op. 14 no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Liedercyklus. Fünf Gedichte von Hafis für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Així estem, jo i el goig de la meva ànima", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zo staan wij, ik en mijn geliefde", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "So we stand, I and my mistress", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voilà où nous en sommes, moi et le plaisir de mon âme", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

So we stand, I and my mistress

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 So we stand, I and my mistress,
 So unfortunate with each other!

 Never can I do anything to please her;
 Never can she do anything to pain me.

 It hurts her feelings when upon her brow
 I adorn her with a diadem;

 I myself am thankful, as much for a smile
 of favor, as for a furious reply.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 36, first published 1846
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 59