by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Wie bist du, meine Königin
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Wie bist du, meine Königin, Durch sanfte Güte wonnevoll! Du lächle nur -- Lenzdüfte weh'n Durch mein Gemüte wonnevoll. Frisch aufgeblühter [Rose]1 Glanz, Vergleich ich ihn dem deinigen? Ach, über alles, was da blüht, Ist deine Blüthe wonnevoll! Durch tote Wüsten wandle hin, Und grüne Schatten breiten sich, Ob fürchterliche Schwüle dort Ohn' Ende brüte, wonnevoll. Laß mich vergeh'n in deinem Arm! Es ist ihm ja selbst der Tod, Ob auch die herbste Todesqual Die Brust durchwüte, wonnevoll.
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View original text (without footnotes)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 29.
1 Brahms: "Rosen"Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 48, first published 1846 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Wie bist du, meine Königin", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 9, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Wie bist du meine Königin", H. 227 no. 5 (1874), from Neue Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Paul de Stoecklin (1873 - 1964) ; composed by Blair Fairchild.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "Reina meva, com n'ets, de deliciosa", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wat ben je toch, mijn koningin", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How blissful you are, my queen", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ma reine, comme tu es", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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