Persisches Liebeslied (Der Entwurzelte)

Mächtige Stürme reissen Bäume 
mit ihren Wurzeln aus.
Mir aber -- o Wunder -- 
riss mit allen Wurzeln 
aus der Alltäglichkeit des Daseins 
in ein seliges Reich empor 
ein leises, süsses, liebevolles Lüftchen: 
Der Atem deines Mundes!

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) [ 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 Max Kuhn (1896 - 1994), "Persisches Liebeslied (Der Entwurzelte)", from Gedichte aus der Chinesischen Flöte von Hans Bethge [
   text not verified 
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Text added to the website: 2008-08-29.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:52
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