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Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst, Nur zuweilen Kühle fächelst Dieser ungemeßnen Glut -- In Geduld will ich mich fassen Und dich alles treiben lassen, Was der Liebe wehe thut.
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Confirmed with Hafis. Neue Sammlung. Von G. F. Daumer, Verlag von Bauer & Raspe in Nürnberg, 1852, page 150. Note: modern German would change the spelling of "thut" to "tut".
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis. Neue Sammlung, in 2. Zweites Buch, no. 66, first published 1852 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst", op. 57 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2 (1871), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "If you would only smile now and then", copyright ©
- ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "If you will just smile occasionally", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Si seulement de temps en temps tu souriais", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Se solamente", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 28
If you will just smile occasionally, just occasionally fan my boundlessly intensifying passion with coolness - I will patiently collect myself and allow you to persist in doing everything that injures my love for you.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Kyle Gee, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis. Neue Sammlung, in 2. Zweites Buch, no. 66, first published 1852
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 34