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by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Stiller Grabstein im Cypressendüster
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Turkish (Türkçe) 
Our translations:  ENG
Stiller Grabstein im [Cypressendüster]1,
Den die Muschel krönet, leer und golden,
Antwort gieb dem Abendwindgeflüster,
Das nach deiner Perle fragt, der holden,
  Nach der Perle: die der Tod erkor,
  Nach der Seele mein, die ich verlor --
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Schweige, schweige, Abendhauch im Thale!

[Seele, meine Perle: Fortgenommen
Hat zum Paradies dich]2 eine Welle,
Und in Allah's Hand bist du gekommen,
Dass sein [Odem, Matte]3 dich erhelle,
  Dass [dein]4 Glanz sich in die Kette schmiegt,
  Die auf Allah's heilgem Herzen liegt --
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Schweige, schweige, Abendhauch im Thale!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Rheinberger 

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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 53.

1 Rheinberger: "Zypressendüster"
2 Rheinberger: "Meine Perle: Dich hat fortgenommen / Hin zum Paradiese"
3 Rheinberger: "Lebensodem"
4 Rheinberger: "sein"

Text Authorship:

  • by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), "Perle (Indschü)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Lieder des Ufers (Kenar-scharkileri) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé , "Indschü" [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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Perle", op. 182 no. 5, published 1885 [ SATB quartet, SATB chorus, and piano ], from Vom goldenen Horn. Türkisches Liederspiel für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor und Pianoforte, no. 5, Leuckart, Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Perle (Indschü)", op. 19 no. 12, published 1911-13 [ voice and piano ], from Türkisches Liederbuch, no. 12, München: Wunderhornverlag, 1917 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Earl Rosenbaum

This text was added to the website: 2012-06-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

Silent tombstone in the gloom of the...
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Silent tombstone in the gloom of the cypresses,
Crowned by a seashell, empty and golden,
Answer the whispering of the evening wind,
Which asks after your pearl, the lovely one,
  After the pearl, chosen by death,
  After my soul, which I lost --
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Fall silent, fall silent, gentle evening breeze in the valley!

[Soul, my pearl]1: A wave has taken 
You away to Paradise,
And you have come into the hand of Allah,
That his [breath, weary one]2 may illumine you,
  That [your]3 radiance may nestle itself into the chain
  That lies upon Allah's holy heart --
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Fall silent, fall silent, gentle evening breeze in the valley!

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Translations of title(s):
"Perle" = "Pearl"
"Perle (Indschü)" = "Pearl (Indschü)"

1 Rheinberger: "My pearl"
2 Rheinberger: "breath of life"
3 Rheinberger: "his"

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt (1846 - 1920), "Perle (Indschü)", appears in Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, in Lieder des Ufers (Kenar-scharkileri)
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Turkish (Türkçe) by Assim-Agha Gül-Hanandé , "Indschü" [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2020-07-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 108

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