Rosen saenker sitt Hoved, tungt af Dug...

Rosen saenker sitt Hoved, tungt af Dug og Duft,
og Pinjerne svaje saa tyst og mat i lumre Luft.
Kilderne vaelte det tunge Sølv i døsi Ro.
Minareterne pege mod Himlen op i Tyrketro,
og Halvmaanen driver saa jaevnt afsted over det jaevna Blaa,
og den kysser Rosers og Liljers Flok,
alle de Blomster smaa i Seraillets Have.

by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-1885)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "I Seraillets Have", published 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 4, also set in English, also set in German
by Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) , "I seraillets have", op. 4 (Fem digte (5 songs)) no. 2, FS. 12 no. 2 (1891).
by Karl Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871-1927) , "I Seraillets Have"

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "In the Seraglio Garden", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 4, also set in German, also set in Danish

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Im Garten des Serails", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 4, also set in English, also set in Danish

by Paul von Klenau (1883-1946) , "Im Garten des Serail", published 1914.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Im Garten des Serails

Die Rosen senken die Köpfchen schwer von Tau und Duft,
die Pinien schwanken so still und matt in schwüler Luft
der Springbrunnen Silber langsam spielt in träger Ruh'!
Minarette streben deierlich dem Himmel zu.
Auf tiefem Blau zieht der Halbmond hin mit sanftem Schein,
und er küsst der Rosen und Lilien Heer und alle  die Blumen klein,
und alle die Blumen klein in des Serails Garten!

Singable translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868-1935)

a text in Danish by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-1885) ENG

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Im Garten des Serails", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 4, also set in English, also set in Danish

Date added to the website: 2003-11-16.