Turhaan toivot pelastusta, sydän

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Verzicht', o Herz, auf Rettung

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

Our translations: AFR CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA

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Verzicht', o Herz, auf Rettung,
  Dich wagend in der Liebe Meer!
Denn tausend Nachen schwimmen
  Zertrümmert am Gestad' umher!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Brahms

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with G.Fr. Daumer, Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte - Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 160.

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Türkisch, no. 5, first published 1846 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [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), no title, op. 65 no. 1 (1875), published 1875 [ vocal quartet and piano four-hands or instrumental ensemble ], from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 1, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Relinquish, o heart, the hope of rescue", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Rinuncia, mio cuore, a salvarti", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 4
Word count: 19

Turhaan toivot pelastusta, sydän

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the German (Deutsch)

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Turhaan toivot pelastusta, sydän,
kun olet uskaltautunut rakkauden merelle!
Sillä tuhat purtta kelluu ympäriinsä
pirstoutuneina rannan tuntumassa!

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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 Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Türkisch, no. 5, first published 1846
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Based on:

a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-03
Line count: 4
Word count: 17