by
Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)
Schwung
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
Gebt mir meinen Becher! Seht, er überstrahlt
Die blasse Lampe der Vernunft, so wie
Die Sonne die Gestirne überstrahlt!
Gebt mir meinen Becher! Sämtliche Gebete
Meines Breviers will ich vergessen, alle
Suren des Korans stürz ich in den Wein!
Gebt mir meinen Becher! Und Gesang erschalle
Und dringe zu den tanzenden Sphären auf
Mit mächtigem Schwung! Ich bin der Herr der Welt!
Confirmed with Hans Bethe,
Hafis Nachdichtungen, Kelkheim: YinYang Media Verlag, 2004, page 26.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Embranzida", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Impetus", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Entrain", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2004-12-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 62
Impetus
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Give me my goblet! See, it outshines
The pale lamp of reason, just as
The sun outshines the stars!
Give me my goblet! All the prayers
Within my breviary I wish to forget, all
The surahs of the Koran I plunge into the wine!
Give me my goblet! And may songs ring out
And rise up to the dancing spheres
With a mighty impetus! I am the lord of the world!
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 71