by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)
Ich Unglückseliger!
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Our translations: CAT
Ich Unglückseliger! Wer gibt mir Nachricht von meiner Liebsten? Zwar der Ostwind kam und raunte hastig Botschaft mir ins Ohr, doch raunte er so stammelnd und verwirrt, daß ich ihn nicht verstand! Ich weiß es wohl, ich weiß es wohl, Er selber ist der Ärmste, ganz betrunken und geisteswirr durch meiner Liebsten Schönheit, meiner Liebsten Schönheit.
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Die Lieder und Gesänge des Hafis, YinYang Media Verlag. ISBN 3-935727-03-8Text Authorship:
- by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), appears in Hafis, first published 1910 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996), no title, op. 5 no. 3, from Acht Hafis-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Der verliebte Ostwind", op. 24 no. 5 (1911), from Des Hafis Liebeslieder, no. 5, also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) , no title ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El llevant enamorat", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
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Word count: 56