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by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414 - 1492)
Translation by Edward Browne (1862 - 1926)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by A. Hinton)
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Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi) 
 ... 
One Being was
Exempt from ‘I-’ or ‘Thou-’ ness, and apart
From all duality; Beauty Supreme,
 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Alistair Hinton (b. 1950), no title, op. 13 no. 5u (1969-1977), lines 3-5 [ high voice and string quintet ], from String Quintet, no. 5u

Text Authorship:

  • by Edward Browne (1862 - 1926), no title, appears in A Year amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character, & Thought of the People of Persia Received during Twelve Months’ Residence in That Country in the Years 1887-1888, London, Adam and Charles Black, first published 1893

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414 - 1492), appears in Yūsuf u Zulaykhā, Excerpt [text unavailable]
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