The grief of love is monotonous | The grief of love is monotonous

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram,
Ein Lied eintöniger Weise,
[Doch]¹ immer noch, wo ich's vernahm,
Mitsummen mußt' [ich]² leise.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Brahms

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's gesammelte Poetische Werke in zwölf Bänden, Fünfter Band, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1868, page 357.

¹ Brahms: "Und"
² Brahms: "ich's"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Stellen aus Hafisens Liedern, no. 40 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [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), "Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram", op. 113 no. 13, published 1891 [ 4 sopranos, 2 altos ], from 13 Kanons für Frauenstimmen, no. 13, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Liebesgram" [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 58 [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Monòtona és la pena d’amor", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Eenvormig zingt de liefdespijn", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The grief of love is monotonous", copyright © 2015
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La douleur de l'amour est monotone", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 19

The grief of love is monotonous

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The grief of love is monotonous,
A song with [only] one note;
Yet whenever I heard it,
I had to hum softly along with it.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Stellen aus Hafisens Liedern, no. 40
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 25

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