Der Schah von Ormus sah mich nie

Der Schah von Ormus sah mich nie,
Er, welcher mir Geschenke beut;
Der Schah von Jesd kennt mich so gut,
Er schenkt mir aber keinen Deut.
So ist es in der Welt, o Herz;
Sei wohlgemuth zu aller Frist,
Und segne, wie die offne Hand,
So jene, die verschlossen ist!

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Authorship

• by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846 [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (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 Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Der Schah von Ormus sah mich nie", published 1907-8, from Hafis-Lieder, no. 3. [
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