Als einst von deiner Schöne
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Als einst von deiner Schöne,
O meine süße Wonne,
Ein Strahl entzückter Ahnung
Durch alle Himmel hin,
Durch die nun erst erhellten,
Sich breitete -- geboren
Ward eine neue Gottheit;
Die Liebe war's, der Herzen
Gewaltige Königin.
Und über den Himmel schwang sie
Den flammensprüh'nden Zepter
Mit ihrer stolzen Hand;
Allein die Engel standen
Inmitten ihrer Feuer
Eiskalt und unentbrannt.
Da faßte Zorn die Göttin;
Sie flog zur Erde nieder,
Zu fühlender Menschen Herzen
Die Fittige gewandt.
Seit jenem Tage sprühen,
Seit jenem Tage glühen
Die Flammen ihres Zepters
Durch alles ird'sche Land.
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Confirmed with G. Fr. Daumer, Hafis. Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte. Nebst poetischen Zugaben aus verschiedenen Völkern und Ländern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 1.
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (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):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laurie Cronin) , "Once from your beauty", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 23
Word count: 92
Once from your beauty
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Once from your beauty,
o my sweet bliss,
a ray, a seed of rapture,
through all the heavens above,
through spaces just illuminated,
spread itself -- and gave birth
to a new divinity;
This was Love, the heart's
fearsome queen.
And over the heavens she brandished
a flaming, sparkling scepter
in her proud hand;
But only angels stood
amidst her fire,
ice-cold and unmoved.
Anger seized the goddess;
she flew down to earth,
toward the receptive hearts of mankind
she turned her wings.
Since that day -- flashes,
since that day -- glows
the blaze of her scepter
through all earthly lands.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-01
Line count: 23
Word count: 99
