by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Höre mir den Prediger
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi)
Höre mir den Prediger, Dessen hohler Redeschwall Deinem Geiste Bande flicht, Höre mir den Pfaffen nicht! Höre du die Nachtigall, Die auf ihrer grünen Kanzel Über Rosenschöne handelt, Über Lenz und Liebe spricht!
Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (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 Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Höre mir den Prediger", op. 168 (12 Hafis-Lieder für Tenor und Klavier) no. 7 (1973) [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Höre mir den Prediger", op. 33 no. 2, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Hafis-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 33