by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)
Ermahnung
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Lächle nicht so wundervoll, Geliebte, dass die kleinen Engel nicht vom Himmel niederstürzen, -- denn sie könnten meinen, dass der Himmel, ihre strahlende Heimat, hier in deinem holden Lächeln sei!
Text Authorship:
- by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), appears in Hafis, first published 1910 [author's text not yet checked 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 Paul Breisach (1896 - 1952), "Ermahnung", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Lieder an die Geliebte, no. 4, Zürich : Hüni [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Ermahnung", op. 46 no. 11 (1944) [ high voice and harp or piano ], from Die Lieder des Hafis, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Tino Brütsch
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
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