Gieb mir die Hand, o gieb sie
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Gieb mir die Hand, o gieb sie,
Auf welche du geweint hast!
Ich sammle diese Feuchte;
Es ist geweihte Fluth.
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Confirmed with G.Fr. Daumer, Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte - Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 201.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wooing", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Wooing
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Give me your hand, oh give it,
[The hand] upon which you have wept!
I collect this moisture;
It is a sacred flood.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 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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This text was added to the website: 2024-04-10
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