Schwung
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Gebt mir meinen Becher! Seht, er überstrahlt
Die blasse Lampe der Vernunft, so wie
Die Sonne die Gestirne überstrahlt!
Gebt mir meinen Becher! Sämtliche Gebete
Meines Breviers will ich vergessen, alle
Suren des Korans stürz ich in den Wein!
Gebt mir meinen Becher! Und Gesang erschalle
Und dringe zu den tanzenden Sphären auf
Mit mächtigem Schwung! Ich bin der Herr der Welt!
Translation(s): ENG FRE
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Confirmed with Hans Bethe, Hafis Nachdichtungen, Kelkheim: YinYang Media Verlag, 2004, page 26.
Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Entrain", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Impetus", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2004-12-29.
Last modified: 2014-09-25 12:54:35
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Word count: 62
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Impetus
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Give me my goblet! See, it outshines
The pale lamp of reason, just as
The sun outshines the stars!
Give me my goblet! All the prayers
Within my breviary I wish to forget, all
The surahs of the Koran I plunge into the wine!
Give me my goblet! And may songs ring out
And rise up to the dancing spheres
With a mighty impetus! I am the lord of the world!
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Based on- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Schwung" FRE GER
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Richard Georg Strauss. Go to the text.
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Text added to the website: 2014-09-25.
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Word count: 71
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