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by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Kommt, o kommt, betrübte Seelen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
  Kommt, o kommt, betrübte Seelen,
Wollen uns nicht länger quälen,
Fassen einen starken Muth,
Mit Koranen und Brevieren
Ein gewaltig Feuer schüren,
Nichts von all dem Tande schonen,
Lachen ob der Mönche Wuth,
Schleudern unsers Grams Dämonen
In die flackernd helle Gluth!

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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 70.


Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 113, first published 1846 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (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 Bernhard Sekles (1872 - 1934), "Kommt, o kommt, betrübte Seelen", op. 11 no. 4 [ baritone and piano ], from Aus Hafis. Vier Gesänge für eine Baritonstimme mit Clavierbegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Johann André Offenbach [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-18
Line count: 9
Word count: 43

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