possibly by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) and possibly by Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī (940 - 1020)
Translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
Language: German (Deutsch) after the German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
O, sanfter Wind! zum Ort hinwehe
Der Dir bekannt --
Und jenes süße Wort gestehe
Das Dir bekannt!
Die Antwort bleibe, bringt sie Wehe
Mir ungenannt --
Doch, bringt sie Heil: komme und gestehe
Was Dir bekannt!
Composition:
- Set to music by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Botschaft", op. 174 (Sieben Lieder) no. 2, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, N. Simrock
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Tausend und Ein Tag im Orient, Berlin: Decker, 1850
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable] and possibly by Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī (940 - 1020) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-03
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