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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:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 1, 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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Als einst von deiner Schöne", op. 11 no. 1 (1863), published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder des Hafis. Sieben Gesänge, no. 1, Hamburg, Fr. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
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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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-02
Line count: 23
Word count: 92
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:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Laurie Cronin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 1, first published 1846
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