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Die helle Sonne leuchtet Auf's weite Meer hernieder, Und alle Wellen zittern Von ihrem Glanze wieder. Du spiegelst Dich, wie die Sonne, Im Meere meiner Lieder! Sie alle glühn und zittern Von Deinem Glanze wieder!
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Confirmed with Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy mit einem Prolog von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Einunddreißigste Auflage, Berlin, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1870, page 124.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Nachklänge aus der Schule der Weisheit, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 10 (Vier Gesänge für 1 höhere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 10 (5 Lieder des Mirza Schaffy) no. 3, published 1868 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 8 no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder des Mirza Schaffy, no. 5, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Christiani , "Nachklänge (2)", op. 30 (Drei Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Deprosse (1838 - 1878), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 31 (Vier Lieder aus "Mirza Schaffy") no. 3, published 1870 [ bass or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Heinrich Döring (1834 - 1916), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 61 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 20, Heft 2 no. 12, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Amata. Ein Cyklus von 30 Liedern für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 12, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Oskar Eichberg (1845 - 1898), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 10 no. 7, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Hafisa. Ein Liedercyklus aus Bodenstedt's Mirza-Schaffy , no. 7, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp, Fürst zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (1847 - 1921), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Siegel & Schimmel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 2 no. 4, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder aus Mirza Schaffy von Bodenstedt, no. 4, Wien, Gotthard [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 42 (Aus Osten, sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel (formerly Whistling) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Gericke (1845 - 1925), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet ", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Tenor- oder Sopranstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1875 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Wien, Bösendorfer  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Götze (1836 - 1887), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 22 no. 9, published 1906-1913 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Liebeslieder, no. 9, Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Hey (1832 - 1909), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 5 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 13 (Mirza-Schaffy-Lieder. 13 Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy ) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Basel, Schwabe [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 3 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", 1855-1857 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Lieder, no. 4, MS at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München; note: the song following this is indicated to begin attacca ('Ohne Unterbrechung weiter') [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 48 (Drei Lieder mit Harmonium) no. 2 (1906), published 1907 [ voice and harmonium ], Leipzig, Brüssel, London, New York: Breifkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Klengel (1854 - 1935), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 20 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1902 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopoldo Langwara (1831 - 1894), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge aus Mirza Schaffy von Bodenstedt für Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2 [ tenor and piano ], Hamburg: Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 60 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Marschall (1839 - 1888), "Die helle Sonne", op. 11 no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy. Nachklänge aus der Schule der Weisheit, no. 2, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", 1860 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "An Zuleikha", op. 13 (Sechzehn Lieder) no. 6, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 5 (Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Weimar, Kühn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 2 no. 4, published 1903, rev. 1911, from Four songs of Mirza Schaffy, no. 4, Elkin, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Guido Raab von Rabenau (d. 1886), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Zuleikha", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1890 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 15 (Neun Lieder aus den Gedichten des Mirza Schaffy von Bodenstedt) no. 7, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 34 no. 10 (1854), from Zwölf Lieder von Mirza-Schaffy, no. 10, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 2 no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder des Mirza Schaffy für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conrad Wothe , "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", published 1880 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Görlitz, Fries  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wüllner (1832 - 1902), "Die helle Sonne leuchtet", op. 8 (6 Gesänge aus den Liedern des Mirza Schaffy v. Fr. Bodenstedt) no. 5, published 1859 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Walter Creighton ; composed by Roger Quilter.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The golden sun it shineth"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
The bright sun shines Down upon the wide ocean, And all the waves tremble In response to her effulgence. Like the sun, you are reflected In the ocean of my songs! They all glow and tremble In response to your effulgence!
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Translated titles:
"Die helle Sonne leuchtet" = "The bright sun shines"
"Nachklänge (2)" = "Echoes (2)"
"Die helle Sonne" = "The bright sun"
"An Zuleikha" = "To Suleika"
"Zuleikha" = "Suleika"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 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 Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Nachklänge aus der Schule der Weisheit, no. 2
Based on:
- a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2013-10-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 41