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by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Friedrich Rosen (1856 - 1935)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by B. Blacher)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Heut, wo noch Rosendüfte mich umschweben,
Laß froh mich trinken von dem Saft der Reben
Und schilt ihn nur nicht, das er bitter schmeckt;
Er muß ja bitter sein, sonst wär' er nicht mein Leben. --

Composition:

    Set to music by Boris Blacher (1903 - 1975), no title, 1931 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers, no. 3, Boosey & Hawkes

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rosen (1856 - 1935), no title, appears in Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam, no. 98

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 36

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