Ich habe mich dem Heil entschworen

Ich habe mich dem Heil entschworen,
Da wurd' ich in das Heil geboren.

Nicht bei den Weisen fand ich Weisheit,
Ich fand sie aber bei den Thoren;

Ich fand sie nicht in Büchersälen,
Ich fand sie unter Blumenfloren;

Ich habe mich erst selbst gefunden,
Da ich mich ganz in dich verloren.

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Authorship

• by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, 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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ich habe mich dem Heil entschworen", op. 33 no. 8, published 1919 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Hafis-Lieder, no. 8. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Ich habe mich dem Heil entschworen", published 1907-8, from Hafis-Lieder, no. 12. [
   text not verified 
  ]

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