Crimson lips! velvet eyes!

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by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), as Ernst Oswald

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Purpurmund! sammetne Augen!

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Turkish (Türkçe)

Our translations: ENG

Purpurmund! sammetne Augen!
Stolze Tulpe, des Gartens Zier --
Neige dich, Schlanke, der Gluthbegier
   Wonne zu saugen!

Feuerblume! [doch]¹ wisse:
Besser wär' es der Lieb' und dir,
Neigtest du zagende Lippen mir,
   Gleich der Narzisse!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. von Erdmannsdörfer-Fichtner

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Confirmed with: Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, Dem Neutürkischen nachgedichtet von Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt, Leipzig: Verlag von Schmidt & Günther, 1893, page 28.

¹ Erdmannsdörfer-Fichtner: "o"

Text Authorship:

by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), as Ernst Oswald, "Tulpe (Lalé)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Stimmen des Gartens (Bagtsche-sedalari) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé [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 Pauline von Erdmannsdörfer-Fichtner, née Oprawill (1847 - 1916), "Tulpe", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Türkische Liebeslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

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Crimson lips! velvet eyes!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Crimson lips! velvet eyes!
Proud tulip, the adornment of the garden --
Incline yourself, slender one, to imbibe
The bliss of glowing desire!

Fire-flower! [but]¹ know:
It would be better for love and for you,
If you inclined tremulous lips to me,
   As the narcissus does!

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Translations of title(s):
"Tulpe" = "Tulip"
"Tulpe (Lalé)" = "Tulip (Lalé)"

¹ Erdmannsdörfer-Fichtner: "oh"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), as Ernst Oswald, "Tulpe (Lalé)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Stimmen des Gartens (Bagtsche-sedalari)
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Based on:

a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-09-02
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Word count: 46