Impetus | Give me my goblet! See, it outshines

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by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schwung

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

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!

Confirmed with Hans Bethe, Hafis Nachdichtungen, Kelkheim: YinYang Media Verlag, 2004, page 26.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Schwung" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Schwung", op. 77 no. 2 (1928), published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge des Orients. Nachdichtungen aus dem Persischen und Chinesischen von Hans Bethge, no. 2, Leipzig: F.E.C. Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Embranzida", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Impetus", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Entrain", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 62

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!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Schwung"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 71