Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert, Die Verwandlungen des Abu Seid von Seruq, oder Die Makamen des Hariri, Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta, 1878, page 524.

Text Authorship:

• by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abu Muhammad al-Qasim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Hariri (1054 - 1122) [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), "Ans Auge des Liebsten", op. 113 no. 9, published 1891 [ SSAA chorus ], from 13 Kanons für Frauenstimmen, no. 9, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Als ulls de l'enamorat", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de ogen van de liefste", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "To the eyes of the beloved", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
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