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So stehn wir, ich und meine Weide, So leider miteinander beide. Nie kann ich ihr was tun zu Liebe, Nie kann sie mir was tun 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.
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Authorship
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- 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), "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 against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 51
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.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 59