The death of Hafez | By the kiss from a sweet pair of lips

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by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Hafisens Scheiden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

    Am Kuß von einem süßen Munde
In Traum gewiegt bei Becherklang,
So denk' ich mir, Hafis, die Stunde,
Da zu dir der Todesengel drang.
 
    Du grüßtest ihn mit heiterm Lächeln,
Du trankst noch einen Becher Wein,
Dann unter duft'gem Rosenfächeln
Schliefst du sanft bei Bülbüls Flöten ein.

Confirmed with Bilder des Orients von Heinrich Stieglitz, Zweiter Band, II. Persien, Leipzig, bei Carl Cnobloch, 1831, page 77.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Hafisens Scheiden", appears in Bilder des Orients, first published 1831 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Hafisens Scheiden", op. 90, Heft 2 no. 5, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], from Bilder des Orients von H. Stieglitz [I], no. 12, Berlin, Fröhlich und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Hafisens Scheiden", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The death of Hafez", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The death of Hafez

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

    By the kiss from a sweet pair of lips
Rocked into dreams during the clinking of goblets,
Thus I imagine, Hafez, the hour
In which the angel of death came to you.
 
    You greeted him with a gay smile,
You drank another goblet of wine yet,
Then under the scented fanning of roses
You fell gently asleep to the fluting of the nightingale.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Hafisens Scheiden", appears in Bilder des Orients, first published 1831
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 64