Mein süßer Schatz! Du bist zu gut;

Mein süßer Schatz! Du bist zu gut;
Du nährest meinen Übermut;
Es strahle nicht so reich an Huld
Mir deiner Augen schöne Glut!

Erlaube nur, daß meine Hand
Den Staub, worauf dein Fuß geruht,
Mir auf die Scheitel legen darf,
Wie mit der Kron' ein Kaiser tut!

About the headline (FAQ)

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]
• Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Mein süßer Schatz! Du bist so gut", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder von Hafis für eine Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3, published 1888 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Mein süßer Schatz! du bist zu gut", published 1907-8, from Hafis-Lieder, no. 6. [
   text not verified 
  ]

Text added to the website: 2007-12-03.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:32
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.      - Emily Ezust

Browse imslp.org (Petrucci Music Library) for Lieder or choral works