Durch allen Schall und Klang
Der [Transoxanen]1
Erkühnt sich unser Sang
Auf deine Bahnen!
Und ist für gar nichts bang,
In dir lebendig;
Dein Leben daure lang,
Dein Reich beständig.
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Note on score: "
Romain Rolland, dem großen Dichter und hochverehrten Freunde, dem heroischen Kämpfer gegen alle ruchlosen an Europas Untergang arbeitenden Mächte, mit dem Ausdruck treuester Sympathie und aufrichtigster Bewunderung." - Richard Strauss (1926).
1 People living beyond the river Oxus, in Turkestan: the place where the noisy music of the janissaries comes from.
Note: In order to praise Prince Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar, the poem sets a parallel between him and Sedschan, who was the patron of the poet Hafis.
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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):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au shah Chouja", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 30
Au milieu de tout le bruit et le fracas
Des gens de Transoxiane,
Notre chant se risque
Sur tes chemins !
Rien ne nous inquiète
En vivant en toi.
Que ta vie dure longtemps,
Et ton royaume perpétuellement.