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by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852)
Translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Es hat einmal ein Tor gesagt
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) 
Es hat einmal ein Tor gesagt,
Dass der Mensch zum Leiden geboren worden:
Seitdem ist dies, Gott sei's geklagt!
Der Spruch aller gläubigen Toren geworden;
Und weil die Menge aus Toren besteht,
Ist die Lust im Lande verschworen worden;
Es ist der Blick des Volkes kurz,
Und lang sind seine Ohren geworden!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Lieder der Klage, no. 9 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [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 Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Es hat einmal ein Tor gesagt", op. 17 no. 5, published 1894 [voice and piano], from Buch des Frohmuths. Sechs heitere Gesänge, no. 5, Dresden, Hoffarth [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

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