So steh'n wir, ich und meine Weide
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
So steh'n wir, ich und meine Weide,
So leider mit einander beide:
Nie kann ich ihr was thun zu Liebe,
Nie kann sie mir was thun zu Leide.
Sie kränket es, wenn ich die Stirn ihr
Mit einem Diadem bekleide;
Ich danke selbst, wie für ein Lächeln
Der Huld, für ihre Zornbescheide.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• J. Brahms About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with G. Fr. Daumer, Hafis. Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte. Nebst poetischen Zugaben aus verschiedenen Völkern und Ländern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 21.
Text Authorship:
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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), "So stehn wir, ich und meine Weide", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 8 (1864), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Grünberger (1839 - 1896), "So steh'n wir, ich und meine Weide", op. 14 no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Liedercyklus. Fünf Gedichte von Hafis für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Així estem, jo i el goig de la meva ànima", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zo staan wij, ik en mijn geliefde", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "So we stand, I and my mistress", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voilà où nous en sommes, moi et le plaisir de mon âme", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
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Word count: 52
So we stand, I and my mistress
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
So we stand, I and my mistress,
So unfortunate with each other!
Never can I do anything to please her;
Never can she do anything to pain me.
It hurts her feelings when upon her brow
I adorn her with a diadem;
I myself am thankful, as much for a smile
of favor, as for a furious reply.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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